What is a 2.5" External Enclosure?

Question

I was just wondering what is a 2.5" External Enclosure. Here is a link to what I am talking about:

http://www.shop4tech.com/item5142.html?siteID=B8m.y3aBzzA-.m4DvvnIuEaw8jJCUQMiag

Does it mean that I can buy a internal harddrive and put it in this case and use it as a external harddrive.

Thank you!

Answer 1

yes you can do that as i did the same to my external hard drive and it worked fine

Answer 2

Yup, if you have an internal harddrive that is 2.5" size you could fit it in one of these external enclosure to make it external (usb/firewire).

2.5" size are usually laptop size harddrives.

Answer 3

It's an EMPTY harddrive enclosure to be used as an external drive. The 2.5 drive is a laptop drive and is  light weight  and designed for mobility.