Author Topic: Multi-Bay enclosure for multiple 2.5" internal hard drives  (Read 1819 times)

StickySock

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Hello, I have accumulated several 2.5" internal hard drives over the years from various laptops and consoles from upgrading their drives. I have been wanting to put them to use in a multi-bay enclosure, but have run across a couple questions in order to find what I'm looking for. Most multi-bay enclosures are for 3.5" hard drives, so 2.5" hard drives will need an adapter. There are both adapters that do two 2.5" to one 3.5", or ones that do one 2.5" to one 3.5".

My questions are as follows:

1. Can a two 2.5" to one 3.5" work in a multi-bay enclosure and utilize both those drives? ( Can this

http://www.amazon.com/Silverstone-Tek-3-5-Inch-Converter-SDP08/dp/B002BH3Z8E/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1413764036&sr=8-3&keywords=2.5+to+3.5+adapter

work in this

http://www.amazon.com/Mediasonic-ProBox-HF2-SU3S2-Drive-Enclosure/dp/B003X26VV4/ref=sr_1_1?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1413763964&sr=1-1&keywords=synology)

2. If not, would a regular 2.5" to 3.5" adapter work as intended?

3. Am I going about this the wrong way? What would be the most effective way of utilizing these extra internal hard drives?


tl;dr: I have a bunch of 2.5" that I would like to utilize, and am thinking about using a multi-bay enclosure. Am looking for best way to go about it or a better alternative. (I have already thought about selling them, obviously)

EDIT: My computer is acting strange, probably because of my connection. So I apologize ahead of time for any weird errors it may cause.
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