On Sun, 3 Feb 2019 11:01:33 +0100 Pascal Hambourg <pas...@plouf.fr.eu.org> wrote:
> Le 03/02/2019 à 10:10, Curt a écrit : > > On 2019-02-03, local10 <loca...@tutanota.com> wrote: > >> > >> You may want to consider buying an USB HDD enclosure/cradle, like > >> this one[1] for example, they are cheap and would allow you to use > >> a regular internal HDD as a USB drive. > > Note that this solution may require an external power supply. > > > What's inside an external drive if not an internal drive? > > Sometimes, a drive with a native USB interface instead of a SATA > interface. > I've only ever seen one of those, a Samsung external drive which is really shirt-pocket-sized, the smallest I've ever seen. Unfortunately, mine is failing now, and they don't make a similar type today. https://www.amazon.co.uk/Samsung-160GB-Ultra-Portable-Pocket/dp/B002HLVO3M -- Joe