Putting an external hard drive inside a pc?

DazedAndConfuzed

Hi,

I bought a Seagate 1.5 TB External hard drive recently (I'm a sucker for a sale) but it's started making a clicking noise and when it does the data transfer slows down to almost a halt.

It's a bit of a long-shot, but can the drive be put inside my pc and act as an internal hard drive, ideally speeding up the transfer rate? I know this will probably invalidate my warranty but if it works I'll be happy.

Any help appreciated, cheers!

:beer:

freddi_2

If it is not working correctly outside why do you think it would work correctly inside?

If it is new I would contact the manufacturer about getting it replaced under warranty.

DazedAndConfuzed

That's a very valid point indeed!

Was just a punt as a fix as I don't want to have to go through the hassle of gettin a replacement, transferring data over, etc so if there's any other options out there I'll look into them first.

Cheers

Apples2

Clicking is a good indication it is on it's way out.

Copy everything onto your main hard drive ASAP.


But to answer your question, yes you can rip out the hard drive from the enclosure and fit to your PC.

It will either be SATA or PATA (different connections) but unless your PC is old, it would already have the capability for either.

GRM

AKA the click of death.

Back it up and send it back. Or chuck it in the bin, it'll be dead very soon.

DazedAndConfuzed

That's nuts as it's only 3 weeks old! I guess it wasn't such a bargain after all then

Cheers for your help, I'll sort it our first thing tonight

GeoffX

http://forums.seagate.com/t5/FreeAgent-Products/1-5TB-and-the-quot-click-of-death-quot/td-p/25873

aliEnRIK

DazedAndConfuzed wrote: »

That's nuts as it's only 3 weeks old! I guess it wasn't such a bargain after all then

Cheers for your help, I'll sort it our first thing tonight

Get your money back

prowla

If you bought it from a shop and it's got a guarantee, then don't open it but take it back.
In terms of the original question, the drives inside those external units are just the same as the ones you would get in a PC (or laptop for the smaller ones), and either PATA or SATA depending upon what the manufacturer chose.

Avoriaz

A new or newish 1.5 TB disk will almost certainly be SATA.

PATA has been obselete for a while and 1.5 TB would be unusual in PATA.

diable

As mentioned, copy your data off the drive then try to format it and take it back and get your money back asap.