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How to Make an Internal Hard Drive External

From Mark Casey, for About.com

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Seal the Hard Drive Enclosure

External Drive Enclosure

An External Drive Enclosure

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After you’re all connected, seal the enclosure up tight once again, with your internal hard drive safe and sound inside.

Most hard drive enclosures will have screws or simple fasteners that you can use to easily seal up the drive. Suddenly, ta-da! You now have an internal hard drive acting as a portable external storage device.

Now all that remains is connecting the enclosure to your PC.

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