In this video I explain how to use an internal 2,5'' SATA HDD as it were an external one, powering it with USB and connecting it to a SATA port from outside. So you can have a complete video project that you can use without transfering to the local HDD of the computer.
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Simon.
http://www.youtube.com/my_videos77
Simon.