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>> You can often get a double USB port to single enclosure plug cable to take
>> the required power from the PC.
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...I have two - one came with an external DVD drive, which is really the only device I've ever had to use the second (power) connector for, and even then, only on older m/cs with low USB power output.
I also have the equivalent of Smokie's "Heath Robinson" SATA connector, though mine has an additional 230V/12V adapter and input, allowing it (thus powered) to work with 3.5" as well as 2.5" disks. (I just find, for the small amount extra, that a cheap enclosure provides a more positive fit - and somewhere to keep old 2.5" drives and use them as portable storage).
(I also have, hidden away somewhere, the same concept for PATA connections, but that hasn't been used for a while ;-) )
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