James@CCC
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Registered: 10th Nov 03
Location: Eaton Bray, Bedfordshire
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My external harddrive stop working a few weeks ago and after the advice from someone on here i bought ide to usb and power cables, and have taken the external harddrive apart and used these and it worked!!
so now i have the bare harddrive sat on my desk and im thinking this isnt good (im not too hot on computers). Is this definately a bad thing and do i need to get it an enclosure.
If i do, where can i get one cheapest, on ebay are all a tenner ish but that includes the cables which i already have...
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Richie
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Registered: 3rd Dec 02
Location: Newport, Wales
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Just put it inside the pc?
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pow
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Registered: 11th Sep 06
Location: Hazlemere, Buckinghamshire
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Put it inside the computer and run the cables though a blanking plate hole into it.
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James@CCC
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Registered: 10th Nov 03
Location: Eaton Bray, Bedfordshire
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sorry, forgot the presumable important fact thats its a laptop!
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John
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Registered: 30th Jun 03
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Won't do any harm outside the casing.
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ed
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Registered: 10th Sep 03
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Will be fine without a case... If you are worried buy a new caddy. Simple 
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James@CCC
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Registered: 10th Nov 03
Location: Eaton Bray, Bedfordshire
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o, ok. i expected the case to be performing a service other than breaking and making me think id lost everything
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johnhara1
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Registered: 19th Oct 06
Location: Newcastle upon Tyne
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You'll prob find it runs cooler without the casing.
Mine gets red hot inside its caddy as theres 0 ventilation or fans.
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