My desktop PC's mainboard is dead. Since I already have 2 laptops at home, fixing the PC is not a priority.
I need to connect the HDDs (3.5" SATA) from the old PC to the laptop time to time, to pull some old data or to backup unused data from the laptop. For that purpose, I bought a SATA-USB converter cable along with it's power adapter.
The cables are working fine, but not the power adapter. I've bought same thing twice from different brands, but it's always the power adapter that's failing.
Now looking at my old PC, I'm thinking: if I use the PC's power supply to power up the HDD and use the converter cable to connect it to the laptop, it should work. Right?
My question is: 1. Is it really possible to use my method above? 2. Is it safe for the data on the HDD? 3. If its possible, then I sould be able to connect more than 1 HDD to the same power supply, right?
Thanks.