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How to Make an Internal Hard Drive External

From , former About.com Guide

Connect the Enclosure
Enclosure Connections

Hard Drive Enclosure Connections

Courtesy of Mark Casey

At this point, you’ll undoubtedly be thinking that this process is a lot easier than you thought it would be. And it only gets better—from here on out, it’s all plug and play.

Your enclosure will have come with whatever cords are necessary to connect it to your PC. Usually, it’s just a USB cable, which will provide both connectivity and power to the drive. In the case of this Super Link, it also has a power cord, running from an included AC adapter.

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