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2.5" HD Stand

by DaHai8

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This is a stand for a standard 2.5" Hard Drive with USB3.0 to SATA adapter.

I had an old Seagate (don't really like Seagate) Laptop Hard Drive laying around from my Sister-in-Law's laptop, HP (don't really like HP) that crapped out due to bad/cold solder joints on the CPU (A common program, I came to discover, for that model).

Well, Windows 10 Backup to a NAS (Network Attached Storeage) fails for me after about a 1 week. Don't know why. Had to reset the backup three times over the course of a couple months before I gave up.

So I decided to put that old Seagate HD to use as my backup drive. And I need a case for it.

Bought a used Seagate USB3.0 to SATA adapter for it so I could just plug it right into my laptop and backup to it (turns out you need a VERY short USB3.0 cable otherwise there's just not enough power to keep the HD going during the backup...)

I designed this case around those specs, so I'm not sure if it will work with any other Drive/Adapter combo.

Just f