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   From: psperson@old.netcom.invalid   
      
   On 27 Oct 2025 16:56:23 GMT, ted@loft.tnolan.com (Ted Nolan   
   ) wrote:   
      
   >In article <10do7ti$oss$1@panix2.panix.com>,   
   >Scott Dorsey  wrote:   
   >>Paul S Person   wrote:   
   >>>So, is a hard drive from a plebeian home system likely to work inside   
   >>>a plebeian hard drive enclosure purchased on Amazon?   
   >>   
   >>Yes.  All of those enclosures pretty much use the same three USB-to-SATA   
   >>chipsets.   
   >>   
   >>I do urge you to get an enclosure that supports USB3 if you value your time,   
   >>however.   
   >>--scott   
   >>   
   >   
   >As I recall, copying my data back from a 4T drive after a OS re-install   
   >was a several day task.   
      
   I have a 2T disk because that is what the HP Envy came with.   
      
   But my actual data is much smaller. Even the AOMEI System Backup files   
   are rarely more that 90GB (the exceptions were when a new version of   
   Win10 had been installed, but that only lasted a couple weeks).   
      
   My existing Passport external USB3 drive was purchased for use with   
   the HP Envy, and so is also 2TB. It is fuller, but only because I keep   
   the last ten System Backups around for a while (90x10=900GB=about   
   1TB).   
      
   Thanks to all those who responded. I still haven't reached the point   
   of doing this, but I am greatly encouraged.   
      
   I, too, have worked with the insides of desktop computers, including   
   installing newly purchased disk drives on occasion. It's been a while,   
   but I suspect that I can still figure it out.   
   --    
   "Here lies the Tuscan poet Aretino,   
   Who evil spoke of everyone but God,   
   Giving as his excuse, 'I never knew him.'"   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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