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pirate4
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23. July 2008 @ 16:30 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
I have an internal hard drive that I just installed into an external enclosure. Was just wondering do I have to do anything after installing it into the box like formating it?
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23. July 2008 @ 17:11 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
If you are putting it into an external enclosure, then yes you are going to have to format. You want to put data on it right? What type of enclosure are you using?

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23. July 2008 @ 20:40 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
this is my enclosure smart drive enclosure
This was my hard drive from a previous computer where the mother board died and psu. Nothing wrong with the hard drive just figure use it instead of putting it in a box.

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24. July 2008 @ 10:32 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
LOL! For some reason I thought you were talking about a storage enclosure, not that. When I hear enclosure, this is what I think.



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24. July 2008 @ 14:47 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Lol. That looks suspiciously like a server case, not a hard disk enclosure...
To answer your question pirate, you will have to format the drive if it is new, or if it isn't already formatted. If it was formatted and operation when it was in your old PC, it's ready to go as soon as you plug it into your enclosure.



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Lol. That looks suspiciously like a server case, not a hard disk enclosure..
No, it's definitely a storage enclosure, it's an MSA60. I got a few of these bad boys sitting on my bread rack.

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24. July 2008 @ 15:28 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Fair enough, it looks just like one of my friends' Server cases.



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24. July 2008 @ 15:30 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Yea, I got a few others that are much slimmer then that. They do it to conserve on space ya know.

Like this MSA50 below:




Now here's something similar to what you are thinking of:




That's a DL360 G4p from HP.

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