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You know if you were prepared to spend more than the cost of a flat white, you might even get a product description that made sense?
Yes, it will take a regular laptop HDD. But expect it to stop working when you need it, SATA-USB bridges are notoriously shit.
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Do you have a budget recommendation?
It didn't strike me as the sort of thing that needed to be expensive, and was exactly the sort of thing you'd go to aliexpress for.
Also worth noting that it probably won't get much use, but it seems easier to keep the old HDDs in neat boxes that can be plugged in if needed, rather than borrowing a sata port connector thingy from my mate as I have done so far.
hugo7
Having a bit of a slow moment. I've got a couple of HDDs after upgrading to SSDs on our laptops.
Is this what I need to turn them into external hard drives?
https://m.aliexpress.com/item/32946736603.html?src=google&albslr=230941857&src=google&albch=shopping&acnt=494-037-6276&isdl=y&slnk=&plac=&mtctp=&albbt=Google_7_shopping&aff_platform=google&aff_short_key=UneMJZVf&gclsrc=aw.ds&&albagn=888888&albcp=1706973087&albag=65008162765&trgt=296904914040&crea=en32946736603&netw=u&device=m&gclid=EAIaIQobChMI0LLCwOnw4AIV77XtCh1o2gH9EAQYAiABEgKMP_D_BwE
Cheers