What is a hard drive enclosure?

Answer by  amitkinha (293)

A hard drive enclosure enables you to use a 2.5 or 3.5 inch hard drive as an external drive. You can plug it into a USB port to use it.

Answer by  PuterGuru (256)

A hard drive enclosure allows you to take an IDE or SATA interntal hard drive and use it as an external hard drive. The connection to the computer is usually USB or FireWire.

Answer by  redboxrazor (21)

A hard drive enclosure is a plastic or metal shell for your hard drive that effectively turns your standard hard drive into an external hard drive.

Answer by  Joatmon (39)

A " Hard Drive Enclosure " typically refers to a " external box " that houses a hard drive .

Answer by  munkykai (20)

A hard drive enclosure is a device used to allow a user to plug in a hard drive to a computer externally via USB or Firewire. This allows you to virtually use the device at will by powering the device on and off, ultimately making your hard drive a plug and play device.

Answer by  ralig (78)

A device that plugs into your computer that allows you to access an internal hard drive like an external hard drive or flash drive. They usually plug into your computer using an eSATA or USB cord and work with 2.5" and 3.5" drives. This can also refer to extensions that convert a 2.5" or 3.5" drive into a 5.25" slot.

Answer by  Koneko (21)

A hard drive enclosure is an external box which contains a hard drive. The hard drive enclosure allows a hard drive to be connected to a computer via USB, FireWire, eSATA, or Ethernet depending on the model of enclosure. Some enclosures come with hard drives already installed some come empty allowing you to install your own.

Answer by  Johnston (75)

A hard drive enclosure is a metal or plastic box with the necessary cables and hookups and power to house and run a hard drive. It sits out of the computer but still uses the internal kind of hard drive. This is a cheap way to have an external drive.

Answer by  thorsdecree (409)

A hard drive enclosure is a case with an adapter that allows you to use an internal hard drive as an external disk. Usually, the enclosure will have an IDE to USB adapter, so that you can connect your hard drive to an external USB port. Useful for repairs.

Answer by  tjh1234 (362)

A laptop hard drive enclosure is the removable plastic fixing which attaches a standard laptop hard disk to your specific model of laptop.

Answer by  Taylor (863)

A Hard Drive enclosure is a coronet that sits outside of your computer and connects via Firewire or Usb. You place your IDE hard drive inside the enclosure and hook it up to your computer and use it like a large flash drive. They work quite well but can be a little slow.