attaching old hard drive to new desktop computer

I am sorry-- but I sent you this link---ONLY because it encloses the hard drive completely? Not sure if that matters--- and if it is something you recommend- which would be the best??

https://video.search.yahoo.com/sear...7d86376abeea247abb1635c8044fc3b3&action=click
can i also try something like this-- for neatness etc etc- and which one would be correct--- I searched on amazon - and found this type??
Sabrent USB 3.0 to SATA External Hard Drive Lay-Flat Docking Station for 2.5 or 3.5in HDD, SSD [Support UASP] (EC-DFLT)

 

great-and once again thank you very much for allowing me to bother you

 

I appreciate that- BUT after all the help you have given me - I would rather take your word for it!--and I did read the amazon reviews and the docking station got good writeups- and like you said it will keep the hard drive neat and organized with that slot to store it in.

 

Hey again-- I am a little confused now-- we have been replying to each other for quite some time and you have been very helpful. Now you kind of made a u-turn?? My only question I guess at this point is will either of these WORK for MY situation- since the first product I bought does not due to the voltage etc---- so I need to try one of these products you mentioned. and the docking station you recommend over the other cable and adapter is due to having te drive actually be put inside somewhere organized so to speak. So again my question is - this is the KIND of product I need- correct? As for unreliability- that can happen with any product- - so I must move forward from here and give one of those products a try?

 

I understand - thanks for the clarification-- and like u and I mentioned- I will shoot for the docking station- for price as well as the organization

Just one thing-- how could I have known that my old drive was NOT 3.5" ?? -- where does it show on the drive

 

thank you-- I believe I am going to purchase the following---- unit
Hard Drive Docking Station SATA III / II / I to USB 3.0 External Enclosure for 2.5 & 3.5 Inch SATA III Hard Drive SSD HDD Single Bay HDD Docking Supports UASP and Hard Drive up to 10TB Capacity

• Hard Drive Docking Station SATA III / II / I to USB 3.0 External Enclosure for 2.5 & 3.5 Inch SATA III Hard Drive SSD HDD Single Bay HDD Docking Supports UASP feature.
• HDD Docking supports SATA I / II / III hard drive, and data transfer through USB 3.0 at speed of up to 5Gbps. It has 40 Inch USB 3.0 Cable and a 12V / 2A power adapter.
• Compatible with Windows 2000/Windows Me/Windows 98/XP/Vista/7/8/10, Mac OS 9.1/10.8.4 above. No drivers needed (NDN) for Windows OS and Mac OS.
• With 64 bit OS (operating system), it supports hard drive capacity up to 10TB. With 32 bit OS, it supports up to 2TB.
• Single eject button makes it safer to remove the hard drive from the docking station.

this seems to be the least expensive on amazon and the best way to store the drive neatly.

 

I also received a reply from another site - and here was his reply???

"It looks (I'm not certain) like the date on hdd is 2009. If its a 10 yr old 'green' wd hdd, I would transfer all data to another hdd. I have had bad luck with the 'green' ones of that age."
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Not sure if he is right or not- BUT I will still give this correct item a shot- what do you think of his reply???

 

Like I said-- my old HP pavilion believe it or not lasted from 2008 till a month ago-- it really did not die--- just that whenever we had a power outage or loss of power my computer would shut down and have a difficult time turning back on-- HP said it might have been the power supply?? But other than that- it did everything i ever wanted from a computer and I was even running windows VISTA- and my computer NEVER crashed!!!- so I will try and use this hard drive ONLY as additional space which i doubt I will ever need- but its better than throwing it away-- and for only $13 I might as well buy that docking station and give it a whirl.

 

believe it or not- my new computer is also an HP-- very reliable- it has a HDD drive AND an SSD drive-- and I have also attached to it my external 1 TB HD that was attached to my old computer- so all the backups were sent to the external HD for years- with zero problems--- so all I really want out of the old hard drive from my old machine is the extra space(do i really need it-- NO)- but why not as i said--- I may actually just view it once connected and remove what I need from it and then clean it off completely for the space as mentioned

 

Thanks for the good advice. I've never thought about that issue and have always kept my backup drives connected. I'll have to change that habit.