Quoting Mark Janssen on Mon, Jan 07, 2002 at 05:04:11PM +0100: > On Mon, Jan 07, 2002 at 04:52:42PM +0100, Werner Heuser wrote: > > Hi, > > > > connected to a laptop, I don't know a solution to get a desktop > > hard disk to work as external storage device connected to a > > laptop. Especially I don't know how to solve the power > > There are several solutions to this problem. You could get an external > USB casing (or firewire if you have it) and insert the desktop drive in > there. These usually use external powersupplies (AC Adapter) for their > power. There are also casings which don't need external power, but use > bus-power, but this is usually only for 2.5 inch drives. > > Firewire can be quite expensive... but it's lots faster (if you have > firewire on your laptop) > If you have a later model IBM ThinkPad you can get an "ultra bay" which will take an additional hard disk drive. I played with these a bit on the T23 Thinkpads for awhile.
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