SSD Drive In USB Hard Drive Enclosure

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darkguyver Posts 29 Registration date Monday 12 May 2014 Status Member Last seen 11 November 2014 - 8 Nov 2014 à 03:59
xpcman Posts 19528 Registration date Wednesday 8 October 2008 Status Contributor Last seen 15 June 2019 - 11 Nov 2014 à 12:07
I was wondering if anybody has ever tried installing a SSD Drive into a USB Hard Drive Enclosure to use it as a USB drive. If you have do you have to install the drivers, which came with the drive in order for it to work on your system or does Windows automatically detect it as a external hard drive?
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xpcman Posts 19528 Registration date Wednesday 8 October 2008 Status Contributor Last seen 15 June 2019 1,824
8 Nov 2014 à 16:40
I have done it on two 60 GB drives that I had replaced with larger SSDs. Just pop it in and format it. I recommend you use a USB3 enclosure because of its faster interface.

Good Luck
darkguyver Posts 29 Registration date Monday 12 May 2014 Status Member Last seen 11 November 2014
10 Nov 2014 à 04:06
Excellent, thanks for the reply!

Also I'm running XP Pro SP3 at the moment. Would I encounter any problems with that at all?
xpcman Posts 19528 Registration date Wednesday 8 October 2008 Status Contributor Last seen 15 June 2019 1,824
10 Nov 2014 à 16:26
Windows XP lacks the TRIM function so long term your going to loose some performance on the SSD. But, since your major limitation will be XP's USB 2.0 interface slower speed. It should not matter.
darkguyver Posts 29 Registration date Monday 12 May 2014 Status Member Last seen 11 November 2014
11 Nov 2014 à 04:20
Whats the TRIM function?
xpcman Posts 19528 Registration date Wednesday 8 October 2008 Status Contributor Last seen 15 June 2019 1,824
11 Nov 2014 à 12:07