Mounting a hard drive on my laptop

Apr 5, 2009 @ 9:04 PM

I got a portable hard drive and ran into an issue of being afraid to move my laptop while it was running.  I also almost had it drop while giving a presentation which would have been a very bad thing as it was running 2 virtual machines at the time.  This had to be fixed ASAP.

With about $4 worth of 3M removable poster mounting Velcro, I was able to mount it and remove it if I chose to.  Here are some pictures.

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Bob Rutkas Apr 11, 2009 @ 8:20 AM

# re: Mounting a hard drive on my laptop
Ah Yes ... Velcro and Saran Wrap ... Two of the world's greatest inventions. Oh, let's not forget Bubble Wrap!

Mike Brown Apr 13, 2009 @ 12:01 AM

# re: Mounting a hard drive on my laptop
BRILLIANT! I'm going to do that myself! I use my PDC HD for everything...and constantly have issues with it staying in place. It looks like you have the same model hard drive as I do (except I have the PDC branding).

Bob Rutkas Apr 16, 2009 @ 6:24 PM

# re: Mounting a hard drive on my laptop
A Portable Hard Drive for a laptop. Hmmmm. That begs the question ... Why not buy a portable with a Giagantamungus drive to begin with?

Clint Jun 8, 2009 @ 2:41 PM

# re: Mounting a hard drive on my laptop
The Lenovo x300 only had a 64gig SSD, there wasn't an option and I think I still would have opt'ed for the SSD. Typically I only use them for virtual machines.

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