How to transform an old mechanical hard drive into a portable hard drive?

How to transform an old mechanical hard drive into a portable hard drive? The editor will share my experience with you below.

1. Determine the old hard drive specifications and interfaces

Specifications such as: 2.5-inch, 3.5-inch; interfaces such as: SATA interface, IDE interface;

At present, most common hard drive interfaces are SATA interfaces; as shown in the figure: 2.5-inch hard drive;

2. Purchase a mobile hard drive box with corresponding interfaces and specifications.

You can purchase this online or in a physical store, and pay attention to the supported interface types and specifications.

3. Follow the steps to install

The current mobile hard disk box has been designed to be very user-friendly. Unlike in the past, you had to install screws, power cables, data cables, etc. by yourself. Now it only takes three simple steps to install, as shown below:

(Note: The installation methods of different brands are slightly different, but generally the same)

4. Format and partition the mobile hard drive

Of course, if your hard disk has data in the memory, you don’t need to perform this step, and the partition will be the same as when it was originally used on the computer!

(1) Format the mobile hard disk;

(2) Partition the mobile hard disk;

After reading the above tutorial, have you discovered that it is very simple to transform a mechanical hard drive into a mobile hard drive? This not only makes full use of the old mechanical hard drive, but also allows us to have a large-capacity mobile hard drive. Although it is not as convenient to carry as a U disk, the capacity is much larger than that of an ordinary U disk.