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For many users, one disk is often not enough for daily work on a laptop. There are, of course, different options for resolving the issue: buy an external hard drive, flash drive, etc. media (we will not consider this option in the article).

Or you can install a second hard drive (or SSD (solid state)) instead of an optical drive. For example, I very rarely use it (over the past year I have used it a couple of times, and if it weren’t for it, I probably wouldn’t remember about it).

In this article I want to analyze the main questions that may arise when connecting a second drive to a laptop. So...

1. Selecting the desired "adapter" (which is placed instead of the drive)

This is the first question and the most important! The fact is that many do not suspect that the thickness of the drives in different laptops can be different! The most common thicknesses are 12.7mm and 9.5mm.

To find out the thickness of your drive, there are 2 ways:

1. Open some utility, such as AIDA ( free utilities: http://pcpro100.info/harakteristiki-kompyutera/#i), find out more in it exact model drive, and then find its specifications on the manufacturer's website and look at the dimensions there.

2. Measure the thickness of the drive by removing it from the laptop (this is a 100% option, I recommend it so as not to be mistaken). This option is discussed below in the article.

By the way, please note that such an "adapter" is correctly called a little differently: "Caddy for Laptop Notebook" (see Fig. 1).

Rice. 1. Laptop adapter for installing a second drive. 12.7mm SATA to SATA 2nd Aluminum Hard Disk Drive HDD Caddy for Laptop Notebook)

2. How to remove the drive from a laptop

This is done quite simply. Important! If your laptop is under warranty, such an operation may result in a denial of warranty service. Everything you do next - do at your own peril and risk.

1) Turn off the laptop, disconnect all wires from it (power, mice, headphones, etc.).

2) Turn it over and remove the battery. Usually its fastening is a simple latch (there can sometimes be 2 of them).

3) To remove the drive, as a rule, it is enough to unscrew 1 screw that holds it. In a typical laptop design, this screw is located approximately in the center. When you unscrew it, it will be enough to slightly pull on the drive housing (see Fig. 2) and it should easily “move out” of the laptop.

I emphasize, act carefully, as a rule, the drive comes out of the case very easily (without any effort).

Rice. 2. Notebook: drive mount.

4) It is desirable to measure the thickness using a compass rod. If it is not there, you can use a ruler (as in Fig. 3). In principle, to distinguish 9.5 mm from 12.7 - the ruler is more than enough.

Rice. 3. Measuring the thickness of the drive: you can clearly see that the drive is about 9 mm thick.

Connecting a second drive to a laptop (step by step)

To begin with, I want to pay attention to 2 nuances:

Many users complain that the laptop is somewhat lost appearance after installing such an adapter. But in most cases, the old socket from the drive can be carefully removed (sometimes small screws can hold it) and installed on the adapter (red arrow in Fig. 4);

Before installing the disk, remove the stop (green arrow in Fig. 4). Some push the disk "from above" at an angle without removing the stop. Often this leads to damage to the contacts of the disk or adapter.

Rice. 4. Type of adapter

As a rule, the disc fits into the adapter socket quite easily and there are no problems with installing the disc into the adapter itself (see Fig. 5).

Rice. 5. Installed SSD drive into the adapter

Problems often arise when users try to install an adapter in place of an optical drive in a laptop. Most often the problems are:

An incorrect adapter was chosen, for example, it turned out to be thicker than needed. Pushing the adapter into the laptop by force is fraught with breakage! In general, the adapter itself should “slide” into the laptop as if on rails, without the slightest effort;

On such adapters you can often find expansion screws. In my opinion, there is no benefit from them, I recommend removing them immediately. By the way, it often happens that it is they who rest against the laptop case, preventing the adapter from being installed in the laptop (see Fig. 6).

Rice. 6. Adjusting screw, compensator

If everything is done carefully, then the laptop will have its original appearance after installing the second disk. Everyone will "think" that the laptop has an optical drive, but in fact there is another HDD or SSD (see Fig. 7) ...

Rice. 7. The adapter, together with the disk, is installed in the laptop

I recommend that after installing the second disk, go into the BIOS of the laptop and check if the disk is detected there. In most cases (if the installed drive is working and there were no problems with the drive before), the BIOS correctly detects the drive.

How to enter the BIOS (keys to different device manufacturers): http://pcpro100.info/kak-voyti-v-bios-klavishi-vhoda/

Rice. 8. BIOS recognized the installed disk

Summing up, I want to say that the installation itself is a simple matter, anyone can handle it. The main thing is not to rush and act carefully. Often problems arise due to haste: at first they didn’t measure the drive, then they bought the wrong adapter, then they began to install it “by force” - as a result, the laptop was taken for repair ...

That's all for me, I tried to make out all the "pitfalls" that may be when installing the second disk.

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2 in 1. Installing SSD and HDD in a laptop

With the advent of SSD drives, many users began to abandon HDD drives in favor of SSD drives. This is not surprising, because SSD has a number of advantages. The main advantage is high read / write speed, also among the advantages it is worth noting the absence of noise and low power consumption. Among all the advantages, there is one drawback - this is a small amount of storage. But what if you need fast system operation and at the same time a lot of space for information? In a PC, this is easily solved by installing an SSD drive as system disk and HDD as storage disk. But what about laptop users if there is only one drive bay? For laptop users, there are two solutions to this problem.

First. Install SSD instead hard drive and use an external drive to store information. This method consists in installing an SSD disk instead of the system one (hard disk), and the hard disk in a USB pocket. Some manufacturers sell SSD drives in two bundles. The first and most common includes a solid state drive, instructions, and in some cases an adapter for installing an SSD in a PC. The second package is a little more expensive and, accordingly, more advanced, it includes a drive, a USB pocket for 2.5″ drives, instructions, and an adapter for installing an SSD in a PC. SSDs that come with a USB pocket are ideal for this installation method.

This method is not always convenient for a number of reasons: - one or two USB ports are occupied (depending on the removable disk) - when transporting a laptop, you also need to remember about an external disk - an external disk is more prone to mechanical damage

I would like to demonstrate and describe the second solution using the ASUS K55Vm laptop as an example.

Test configuration: Processor: Mobile QuadCore Intel Core i7-3610QM Memory: 2x4GB Hynix HMT351S6CFR8C-PB DDR3-1600 Video adapter: NVIDIA GeForce GT 630M (2048 MB) This method It is characteristic that the SSD drive is installed in the main compartment designed for the hard drive. The second disc is installed instead of the CD-ROM.

For this we need: 1) A laptop (it won't work without it)

2) SSD drive. We chose KINGSTON Sh203S390G for testing

3) Hard drive. WDC WD7500BPKT

4) Special adapter for installing HDD instead of CD-ROM

Step-by-step installation: 1) Remove the HDD from the bay

2) Install the SSD in the hard drive bay

3) Fix the hard drive in the adapter

4) Dismantle the CD ROM from the laptop

5) Install the hard drive adapter into the CD ROM bay

The appearance of the laptop after replacing the optical drive with an HDD adapter is also important. After such a replacement, the appearance will not change, visually it will look exactly the same as before installation.

If these manipulations with the laptop are done correctly, then at boot you will see two drives in the system.

What to do with the drive left idle? You can find a lot of applications for it, but given that the laptop has lost its drive, and sometimes you have to use optical discs, it would be advisable to make the drive external and connect it to the laptop if necessary via USB. This solution can be implemented by installing the drive in a special "pocket".

At the end of the article, I would like to give the results of testing HDD and SSD. For testing, a program was taken that tests drives for read and write speed - Crystal Disk Mark and AIDA64 for a linear reading test.

According to the results of linear reading, it is worth noting that SSD drives maintain a relatively stable speed throughout the test, which cannot be said about HDD. At the beginning of testing, the drive showed a relatively high speed of 120Mb / s, but at the end of the test the speed dropped to 54Mb / s. Accordingly, SSDs outperform HDDs in read speed by more than 5 times.

This test can be called biased, since the media worked in different modes. The SSD works in SATA 3 data transfer mode, while the HDD works in SATA 2 mode.

But what will be the test results if these drives are placed in the same SATA 2 conditions?

For the test, an ASUS G1Sn laptop was taken with the following configuration:

Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo T9500, 2600 MHz

Memory: 2x2GB Kingston 99U5295-011 DDR2 Video adapter: NVIDIA GeForce 9500M GS (512 MB) Crystal Disk Mark was taken as a test software.

As expected, the test results for the SSD have changed downwards. The read speed has decreased almost twice, in turn, the write speed has changed slightly, by a third. Despite the decrease in read speed, the SSD is almost twice as good as the HDD.

Information about read speed and other characteristics of solid state drives and hard drives can be easily found on the manufacturer's website.

In order to clearly demonstrate the superiority of SSD over HDD, we checked how the speed of loading, shutting down and rebooting the operating system on both types of drives will change. For measurements, the ASUS K55Vm laptop mentioned above was taken. We have established operating system Windows 7 (64 bit version) and drivers provided by the laptop manufacturer for both types of drives. We invite you to familiarize yourself with the test results.

The difference in speed is noticeable. This replacement will not only speed up the startup and shutdown of the computer, but also the loading of programs, opening or playing files, as well as generally speeding up the laptop.

The specialists of our service center will select the optimal adapter and HDD / SSD based on your wishes, taking into account the technical features of the laptop.

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How to install an SSD in a laptop and transfer Windows to it?

Translation of an article by Mike Clements from the Corsair blog.

When talking about computers, I like to use the term "simple". The best upgrade imaginable is one that is so simple, when even a chimpanzee can do it, that's when it can be called "simple". The Corsair Force 3 solid-state drive with a special kit for transferring information from a laptop is just in line with this ideology.

In the extended package you will find an SSD, a software disk and a special SATA-USB cable for transferring information. The disk contains the necessary utility for cloning the image. In this case, it is The Apricorn EZ GIG IV - a simple and straightforward utility, however, we will look at some of the steps that will be required to transfer the operating system from a laptop to a new SSD.

For those users who have never upgraded a laptop, there are only three options: you can install an OS on your SSD from scratch, you can restore a partition from a backup, or follow the "simple" path using the software that came with the SSD. After you connect the SSD to the laptop, it may not appear in the system - this is normal, the main thing is that the cloning program will see it.

Insert the software CD, and if the autorun function does not work, you will have to run the utility yourself.

After launching EZ GIG IV, you will see a utility welcome window and several options to choose from. We need the Start EZ GIG IV option.

Then you have to accept the license agreement.

Finally, click the Let`s Get Started button.

After that, the program will prompt you to select the source drive from which information will be transferred. In this case, this is drive "C", located at number 1.

Once you have selected both drives, you can continue with the default settings, or you can set some of your own options. For example, for an SSD, it is highly desirable to select the 4K alignment option. The program will first align the partition, which will be critical for the speed of the solid state drive.

In the Data Select column, you can exclude certain folders from the clone operation. For example, you can exclude the "My Music" folder (which in our case takes up 19.8 GB of information), as this will significantly reduce the cloning time, and you can add it later.

After you select all the options you need and agree, click Next, in which case a window will open asking you once again to make sure that you have selected the correct options. If you're sure you haven't forgotten anything, just click Start Copying.

The past section of the copy will be displayed at the bottom. Cloning time will depend on the speeds of the drives as well as the amount of data being copied.

Once the cloning is complete, you can repeat it with different settings and options, or simply exit the program.

After exiting the program, you can replace your old drive with a new SSD, and you will still have your operating system that you are used to working with. Of course, this will require disassembling the laptop. It is almost impossible to give more detailed instructions on how to do this, since all laptops and netbooks differ in their design and the location of the hard drive. Somewhere it will be easier to do this, but somewhere more difficult, the video shows an example of a replacement on one of the Lenovo Thinkpad laptops:

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Most often replace RAM and a hard drive is quite simple in large laptops, and this, as a rule, does not deprive the owner of the device of the guarantee. In order to find a guide "how to open your laptop / netbook", it is best to use Youtube, where users post a huge number of videos on a variety of models on this topic.

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Changing a DVD Drive to a Solid State Drive

If you have long ceased to use the DVD drive in your laptop, then it's time to replace it with a brand new SSD. Didn't you know that this is possible? Then today we will tell you in detail about how to do it and what is required for this.

How to install an SSD instead of a DVD drive in a laptop

So, after weighing all the pros and cons, we came to the conclusion that an optical drive is already an extra device and it would be nice to put an SSD instead. To do this, we need the drive itself and a special adapter (or adapter), which is perfect in size instead of a DVD drive. Thus, it will not only be easier for us to connect the disk, but the laptop case itself will look more aesthetically pleasing.

Preparatory stage

Before purchasing such an adapter, you should pay attention to the size of your drive. A regular drive is 12.7mm high, and there are also ultra-thin drives that are 9.5mm high.

Now that we have a suitable adapter and SSD, we can proceed with the installation.

Disconnecting the DVD drive

The first step is to disconnect the battery. In cases where the battery is not removable, you will have to remove the laptop cover and disconnect the battery connector from the motherboard.

In most cases, in order to remove the drive, you do not need to disassemble the laptop completely. It is enough to unscrew a few screws and the optical drive can be easily removed. If you are not completely confident in your abilities, then it is better to look for video instructions directly for your model or contact a specialist.

Installing the SSD

That's all, our drive is ready for installation.

Now it remains to insert the adapter with the SSD into the laptop, tighten the bolts and connect the battery. We turn on the laptop, format a new disk, and then you can transfer the operating system to it from a magnetic drive, and use the latter to store data.

SSD is the latest generation solid state drive. Its development is a very important achievement for the development of computer technology. The main advantages of SSD are high speed and long service life. Users use this storage medium to improve their computer when they want to increase the speed of the disk and thus increase the performance of the PC. The process of its installation, in principle, is not difficult, but some people may have questions. We will go into more detail about the steps to install an SSD.

How to prepare an SSD for installation

Before proceeding directly to replacing the drive, you should prepare for the software and physical installation of the hard drive. Basically, the SSD format is 2.5 inches. If the drive is replaced in a laptop, there will be no problems, since the standard connector is quite suitable for an SSD. But in a stationary computer there is a hard drive, which has a size of 3.5 inches. In this regard, you need to choose the right place to install the SSD. Another important element of its installation will be a special adapter, which has the interesting name "sled". It will help fix the hard drive, which has a smaller size than the standard connector.

Since an SSD is faster than an HDD, it makes sense to install it as your system storage. To do this, you need to install an operating system on it. It can be transferred from another drive or installed from scratch. For transferring, or rather cloning, you need to use special programs. Of course, cloning an operating system will take much less time than installing from scratch. However, the second option will allow you to get a clean system.

Please note SSD does not support old IDE interface. In this regard, it will not be possible to install a disk on the motherboard using this type of connection.

Installation

SSDs are small in size, which allows you to install them almost anywhere in the PC case. The best option would be to install in a bay designed for HDD. The size of this compartment is 3.5 inches. For this installation, you need to follow the following steps:

Once installed, reassemble the computer, close the side cover, and run it to identify the new drive.

How to set up an SSD as a logical drive

If you turn on a computer that has Windows installed, the new hardware will automatically initialize. Go to the Disk Management utility and format the SSD. There are three ways to do this.

The result of the first two options will be the same. Please note that the well-known Windows icon is applied to the "WIN" key on the keyboard instead of the inscription.

You have the option to split the new drive into multiple drives, as well as change its name to any letter. After all these procedures are completed, restart your computer. Now you can safely fill the disk with all the necessary information.

How to set up an SSD as a boot drive

If you decide to install an SSD as a system drive, after windows settings on it and its location in the computer, you need to enter the BIOS. On laptops or computers from different manufacturers, different keys are responsible for this. Usually it is F2, F10 or Delete. Start quickly pressing the corresponding button immediately when you press the PC power button.

If you have difficulty entering the BIOS, look for more information in the instructions for your computer motherboard. Navigate through the BIOS menu modern computers can be done with the mouse. But in most cases, the up, down, left, and right arrows on the keyboard are used for this.

After opening the BIOS at the top, find the "Boot" section and go to it.

In the menu of this section, select "Boot Device Priority". This setting is responsible for the priority memory device from which the operating system will be loaded. Accordingly, there you need to choose to boot from the SSD.

To save the changed parameters, press "F10". After that, the computer will restart. Now you can install or clone the operating system on the SSD.

Installation can be done with boot disk or flash drives, and for cloning, use a special software.

Connecting an SSD to a computer will not cause difficulties and will allow you to upgrade on your own and with your own hands. In a laptop, an SSD can be installed instead of a drive. If you install the operating system on an SSD instead of an HDD, you will notice a significant increase in PC speed and performance. This is undoubtedly a big plus for any user, especially for those who like to play games. Most people who switched to SSD are happy with their choice and don't want to go back to HDD.

You will need an SSD, a piece of wire with a USB connector, and blue electrical tape. Will such a set of “ingredients” suit you for assembling an external USB SSD? I'm not there, and I offer you an option to solve the problem with improvised means, but the result should be no worse than the factory one. The problem is actually small, and easily solved in other ways, but it requires a trip to the store or waiting for delivery.

I found an unclaimed SSD with a SATA III interface and the idea came up to use it as an external high-speed drive. What is it for? You can install a second operating system on it, you can record project files when processing video or photos, you can use it as a high-speed flash drive if you often have to carry large files between work and home laptops.

Connection interface selection

There are no SATA inputs on my laptop, but there is USB 3.0. Their speed is approximately the same - 5 Gb / s on USB3.0 and 6 Gb / s on SATA 3.0, but USB is much more common and versatile, there will be no problems finding a device where to connect it. This determined the choice of the connection interface.

Theoretically achievable speed USB work 3.0 is equal to 640Mb / s, which is higher than the declared speed of the SSD. For USB 2.0, the bandwidth does not exceed 60Mb / s, you will not see any difference in performance between an SSD and a regular hard drive, but if necessary, you can use this interface. This is a plus of the versatility and backward compatibility of USB.

Unfortunately, SATA and USB are not compatible with each other, it will not be possible to connect them simply by connecting the pins. An interface converter is required for connection. The speed of work with such an adapter will be lower than with a direct connection via SATA. In any case, it is much higher than the speed of the HDD, which will never exceed 100Mb / s, and in most operating modes it will be significantly lower.

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Previously, I used Thermaltake to connect external SATA HDDs. BlacX Duet 5G HDD Docking Station. It is designed to connect two hard drives of 3.5 ″ or 2.5 ″ format, the design is rather big, but it is quite convenient for the house. Carrying it with me is not included in my plans, I need to look for another way to connect an SSD.

The easiest way was to buy a USB box for 2.5″ drives, but the decision came unexpectedly. One of the outsiders died at work USB disk ov, I'll try to use it as a USB box.

Disassembling a USB drive

For disassembly, it is better not to use metal tools, they can easily damage the case. I use plastic spatulas from a phone repair kit.

The case of the external HDD consists of two halves, interconnected by latches. Separate them carefully.

Inside is the 2.5″ HDD itself, pasted over with protective foil. We pry it from the side opposite to the USB connector, and the disk can be easily removed from the case.

We peel off the foil together with the insulating substrate, under it there is a small scarf attached to the HDD, this is the converter we need.

SATA 3 to USB 3.0 converter

The board is double-sided, factory soldering, almost perfect. On one side of the board are the main components and the USB 3.0 connector. On the left side of the board is a USB 3.0 to SATA controller - JMICRON JMS577, on the right is a microcircuit responsible for power supply.

The power and SATA 3 connectors are located on the other side.

SSD connection

We connect the converter to the SSD, the contacts are completely the same.

If you need to connect different drives to the computer, changing them often, then you can simply insulate the scarf (here it’s an amateur, you can use electrical tape or heat shrink) and use it without a case.

Since the dimensions of the SSD are the same as the 2.5″ HDD, we can use its case. We insert an SSD into it with a connected converter. It stays in there pretty tight.

Close the top with a lid. If you were careful not to break the latches, then the lid will close tightly.

Work speed

It remains to check the performance of the design and test the speed. I copied several video files to the SSD, and then started copying them to another folder on the same disk. The copy speed was at the level of 164Mb/s.

If you have any questions, you can watch the video version of this article.

You can also buy ready-made USB 3.0 converters or USB boxes for 2.5″ drives.

conclusions

I am quite pleased with the result, with a direct connection of this SSD to SATA on the motherboard of another computer, its speed differed slightly.

Connection various devices to a computer for many users is difficult, especially if the device needs to be installed inside the system unit. In such cases, a lot of wires and various connectors are especially frightening. Today we will talk about how to properly connect the SSD to the computer.

So, you have purchased a solid state drive and now the task is to connect it to a computer or laptop. First, we will talk about how to connect the drive to the computer, since there are more different nuances, and then we will move on to the laptop.

Connecting an SSD to a computer

Before connecting the drive to the computer, you should make sure that there is still room for it and the necessary cables. Otherwise, you will have to disable one of the installed devices - hard drives or drives (which work with the SATA interface).

Connecting a disk will take place in several stages:

• Opening the system unit;
• Fixing;
• Connection.

At the first stage, no difficulties should arise. You just need to unscrew the bolts and remove the side cover. Depending on the housing design, it is sometimes necessary to remove both covers.

For attaching hard drives to system unit there is a special compartment. In most cases, it is located closer to the front panel, it is almost impossible not to notice it. SSDs are usually smaller than magnetic disks. That is why they sometimes come with special sleds that allow you to fix the SSD. If you don't have such sleds, you can install them in the card reader bay or come up with a more clever solution to fix the drive in the case.

Now comes the most difficult stage - this is the direct connection of the disk to the computer. It takes some care to do it right. The point is that in modern motherboards There are several SATA interfaces that differ in data transfer speed. And if you connect your drive to the wrong SATA, then it will not work at full capacity.

In order to use the full potential of SSDs, they must be connected to the SATA III interface, which is capable of providing data transfer rates of 600 Mbps. As a rule, such connectors (interfaces) are highlighted in color. We find such a connector and connect our drive to it.

Then it remains to connect the power and that's it, the SSD will be ready for use. If you are connecting the device for the first time, then do not be afraid to connect it incorrectly. All connectors have a special key that will not allow you to insert it incorrectly.

Connecting an SSD to a laptop

Installing a solid state drive in a laptop is somewhat easier than in a computer. Here, usually the difficulty is to open the lid of the laptop.

In most models, the hard drive bays have their own cover, so you do not need to completely disassemble the laptop.

We find the desired compartment, unscrew the bolts and carefully disconnect the hard drive and insert the SSD in its place. As a rule, here all the connectors are fixed rigidly, therefore, in order to disconnect the drive, it must be moved a little to the side. And to connect on the contrary, slightly move it to the connectors. If you feel that the disc is not inserted, then you should not use excessive force, you may just be inserting it incorrectly.

In the end, having installed the drive, all that remains is to securely fix it, and then tighten the laptop case.

Conclusion

Now, guided by these small instructions, you can easily figure out how to connect drives not only to a computer, but also to a laptop. As you can see, this is done quite simply, which means that almost anyone can install a solid state drive.

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Sometimes it happens that a laptop or computer does not turn on, and information from its disk is needed for work. Well, or you have an old hard drive lying "idle" and which would be quite nice to make a portable external drive.

In this short article, I want to focus on special "adapters" that allow you to connect SATA drives to a regular port Computer USB or laptop.

1) The article will only consider modern drives. They all support the SATA interface.

2) "Adapter" for connecting the disk to USB port- BOX is correctly called (this is how it will be called further in the article).

How to connect laptop SATA HDD/SSD drive to USB (2.5 inch drive)

Drives from laptops are smaller than those from PCs (2.5 inches, on PCs 3.5 inches). As a rule, BOX (translated as "box") for them comes without external source power supply with 2 ports for connecting to USB (the so-called "pigtail". Connect the drive, preferably to two USB ports, despite the fact that it will work if you connect it to only one).

What to look for when buying:

1) The BOX itself can be with a plastic or metal case (you can choose any, because in the event of a fall, even if the case itself does not suffer, the disk will suffer. So the case will save far from all cases ...);

2) In addition, when choosing, pay attention to the connection interface: USB 2.0 and USB 3.0 can provide completely different speeds. By the way, for example, BOX with USB 2.0 support when copying (or reading) information - will allow you to work at a speed of no more than ~ 30 MB / s;

3) And one more important point is the thickness for which BOX is designed. The fact is that 2.5 disks for laptops can have different thicknesses: 9.5 mm, 7 mm, etc. If you buy a BOX for the slim version, then for sure you will not be able to install a 9.5 mm disk in it!

BOX usually disassembles fairly quickly and easily. As a rule, 1-2 latches or screws hold it. A typical BOX for connecting SATA drives to USB 2.0 is shown in fig. one.

Rice. 1. Installing a disc in the BOX

When assembled, such a BOX is no different from a regular external hard drive. It is also convenient to carry and use to quickly exchange information. By the way, on such disks it is also convenient to store backups, which are usually not needed, but in which case they can save a lot of nerve cells 🙂

Rice. 2. When assembled, the HDD is no different from a regular external drive

Connecting 3.5 drives (from a computer) to a USB port

These discs are slightly larger than 2.5 inches. USB power is not enough to connect them, so they come with an additional adapter. The principle of choosing a BOX and its operation is similar to the first type (see above).

By the way, it is worth noting that a 2.5-inch drive can usually be connected to such a BOX (that is, many of these models are universal).

Also, one more thing: manufacturers often do not make any box for such disks at all - that is, you simply connect the disk to cables, and it works (which is logical in principle - such disks can hardly be called portable, which means that the box itself is usually not required).