I need to replace the enclosure on my external hard drive as the USB connection is not working (it started only working if positioned a certain way but now will not connect at all.) From talking to friends and reading through other questions I am to the understanding that it is likely the USB adapter part of the hard drive enclosure so if I replace that it should still work fine. I took the hard drive out of the existing casing but have no idea how to make sure the new one I order is what I need.
it is from a 3TB Seagate Desktop Drive and the hard drive inside is a Seagate Barracuda 3TB ST3000DM001. From what I found online it is a SATA 6Gb/s interface with a 7200-RPM spin speed… the problem is that I am not a huge computer person and I don’t have a clue what that really means or how to translate that into finding an appropriate hard drive enclosure.
My computer is USB 3.0 capable so something that is USB 3.0 would be nice.
Is anyone able to suggest how I go about choosing a hard drive enclosure? or some to look at?