A asada817 Distinguished Jun 10, 2011 1 0 18,510 Jun 10, 2011 #1 Hello, I have an external hard drive which has only fire wire ports and a firewire cable to connect it to a Mac. But i want to connect it to a PC laptop which has only USB ports. How do I connect it?
Hello, I have an external hard drive which has only fire wire ports and a firewire cable to connect it to a Mac. But i want to connect it to a PC laptop which has only USB ports. How do I connect it?
WR2 Judicious Nov 18, 2005 8,354 1 34,810 Jun 11, 2011 #2 Hello asada817; It might be easier to take the hard disk drive out of the Firewire enclosure and put it in a new USB enclosure. Rosewill RX81U-AT-25A Rigid aluminum 2.5" SATA II HDD to USB 2.0 External Enclosure Rosewill RX234 Aluminum & plastic 2.5" IDE HDD to USB 2.0 External Enclosure or if it's a 3.5" HDD BYTECC ME350V4-ISA-BK Aluminum 3.5" Black USB 2.0 External Enclosure for IDE or SATA II HDD
Hello asada817; It might be easier to take the hard disk drive out of the Firewire enclosure and put it in a new USB enclosure. Rosewill RX81U-AT-25A Rigid aluminum 2.5" SATA II HDD to USB 2.0 External Enclosure Rosewill RX234 Aluminum & plastic 2.5" IDE HDD to USB 2.0 External Enclosure or if it's a 3.5" HDD BYTECC ME350V4-ISA-BK Aluminum 3.5" Black USB 2.0 External Enclosure for IDE or SATA II HDD