internal hard drive to usb

[shmagoogin77]

would it be possible to make an internal hard drive into a usb one?
i found the pinouts here:
http://www.gamesx.com/hwb/co_IdeInternal.html

[peppers]

yep just perchased a 15 doller an enclosure witch I plan to use for "something a little differint"
http://www.newegg.com/ProductSort/SubCa ... ategory=92


it would be to much work to do it yourself and it would probubley cost you more in parts alone than the cost of a ready made one

[shmagoogin77]

would it be possible to make an internal hard drive into a usb one?
i found the pinouts here:
http://www.gamesx.com/hwb/co_IdeInternal.html

[peppers]

it would be to much work to do it yourself and it would probubley cost you more in parts alone than the cost of a ready made one

you would have to take everything from an IDE devise or whatever kinda hdd your useing and convert it to the USB's 1 data in and 1 data out its better and cheaper to just buy an enclosure for it

[peppers]

I may have come off more rude than I intended sorry bout that

edit:btw my link is to what is called "external enclosures" witch are used to conert regular devises to usb and most so called "external hdds" are just regular hdd packaged inside one of these when you can usually buy them seperatley for much cheaper in case you did not know

[nos_slived]

Peppers has pretty much summed it up. Either get an enclosure with a USB/IDE adaptor, or get the adaptor and stick it in a case. To make your own adaptor would require a series of ICs, and extensive hardware knowledge.

[shmagoogin77]

ok thanks