They make SATA to USB adapters. The problem with those, is they won't work if the drive requires more power than USB 3.0 can provide.
FuckAlms !vX8K53rFBI replied with this 10 years ago, 1 hour later, 2 hours after the original post[^][v]#689,410
@previous (Maddy is !grate/DTHM)
yeah, I have a 2TB drive made for internal use, but my desktop computer doesn't have SATA power.
Anonymous F joined in and replied with this 10 years ago, 8 minutes later, 3 hours after the original post[^][v]#689,412
@previous (FuckAlms !vX8K53rFBI)
They make USB/SATA adapters with external power that you can draw from a wall socket.
adam djensen joined in and replied with this 10 years ago, 3 hours later, 6 hours after the original post[^][v]#689,544
@689,410 (FuckAlms !vX8K53rFBI)
Can't you just get a Molex to sata cable?
Metæ joined in and replied with this 10 years ago, 1 minute later, 6 hours after the original post[^][v]#689,546
@previous (adam djensen)
VGA to SATA is better thanks.
FuckAlms !vX8K53rFBI replied with this 10 years ago, 13 minutes later, 7 hours after the original post[^][v]#689,549
@689,544 (adam djensen)
I had one a long time ago, but I lost it before I got the drive
@689,412 (F)
I've got one of those, but the external power was Molex and required a SATA adapter which got lost, and the power brick died a few months ago.
bhutam replied with this 10 years ago, 4 hours later, 12 hours after the original post[^][v]#689,621