What Are External Hard Drives & Other Secondary Storage Devices? : How to Connect a USB Drive

Learn about plugging in a USB 2.0 external hard drive in this free video guide on data storage for computer users.Expert: Zak Owen Bio: Zak Owen is a computer specialist from North Carolina. he is now on his 3rd year of a computer programing degree form the University of NC Greensboro. Filmmaker: josiah owen

Q&A: How To Connect A SATA Drive To An IDE Computer?

In this video, I answer a question from Jacob who asks "Im doing upgrades on my pc, im adding ram and another hard drive. I saw a 1TB drive on newegg, but my computer uses ide not sata. Is there any way of hooking up that sata drive up to my ide pc?" Thanks for the question Jacob. Fortunately, there are several options available to you Jacob. It depends on what you currently have. If you have a PCI Express slot on your computer, you can use a SATA controller card on your computer which will give you an internal or external option to connect the SATA drive. Another option is to get an external USB enclosure and insert the SATA drive. You can utilize your USB slot on your computer, and you can connect additional drives in the future if this one fills up. Hope this answered you question, Jacob!

How Can You Connect SATA Hard Drives after an Enclosure?

live.pirillo.com - geeks.pirillo.com - I have a hard drive without an enclosure, and I don't really have any extra enclosures. I need to get to the data that is on this hard drive. I either need to buy an enclosure to put it into just long enough to access my data. Or... is there another way I can get access to the information on the hard drive without putting it into an enclosure?