What is the difference between an external hard disk and an internal hard disk mounted on external enclosure?
Is using internal hard disk in external enclosure risky in terms of loosing the data?
Is using internal hard disk in external enclosure reliable to use?
kindly let me know as there is a vast difference in the price of these hard disks. The external hard disk is costing more and if i use internal hard disk in external enclosure price is very much reduced.
my only concern about using internal hard disk in external enclosure is the reliability.
Really depends on the reliability of the drive itself.
I used a drive I put in an enclosure for a few years with no problems.
A branded external drive is,basically an internal drive in an enclosure.
depends upon WHAT you're going to use it for,
HEAT is the KILLER for all things pc,
in a pc case,
you have fans AND a large volumn,
in an external case,
some enclosures have fans, some don't,
AND a very small area,
.
if you're only going to use it for an occasional backup or such,
don't matter a big whoop either way,
but IF it's going to be on considerably,
such as for extra space for editing, compiling, whatever,
get one with a fan,
.
maybe even monitor the temps,
the higher the temp,
the shorter the life,
Also .. I personally avoid any enclosure that has a "copy" button on it.
Just more to go wrong ... and messup your computer.
It must have a power switch .. hopefully on the front panel - but these are very hard to find.
It's my experience that the electronics in the enclosures are less reliable that the HDD that's in it.
So .. I get two for a hardware backup.
Then, While I'm at it, I get another HDD
Any Data you don't care about .. is Data you only have one copy of.
So far .. My externals have not failed me.
But I did have an operator error that cleaned off one of my externals ...
Thankfully .. I had a spare.
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