Using External HDD Enclosure

Question

I have a Dimension 4400.  I am upgrading to a new computer and would like to take the hard drive that came with the 4400 and place it in a standard external enclosure to use as a USB drive [not the boot drive, though].  My question is whether the hard drive that came with the 4400 is a standard type hard drive or some kind of proprietary drive that only works in Dell systems and won't work in an external enclosure?  If you know, please tell me.  Thanks.

shesagordie · Answer

Srgtroy   Dell does not use proprietary hard drives. The hard drive used in the D-4400, should be the 3.5' standard IDE/EIDE/ATA [aka PATA] drive.   Bev.

rickmktg · Answer

Srgtroy wrote:

I have a Dimension 4400. I am upgrading to a new computer and would like to take the hard drive that came with the 4400 and place it in a standard external enclosure to use as a USB drive [not the boot drive, though]. My question is whether the hard drive that came with the 4400 is a standard type hard drive or some kind of proprietary drive that only works in Dell systems and won't work in an external enclosure? If you know, please tell me. Thanks.

There is no such thing as a proprietary Dell drive.

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Using External HDD Enclosure

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