Hard Drive Dilemma

[vandalized]

Hello, I have a Mid 2012 MacBook pro, and was considering upgrading my 500GB HDD to a 256GB SSD, however 256 GB isn't enough to suffice my needs of having a Mac and Windows partition. Could I get my old drive once i've taken it out, use an enclosure and externally use it for Windows 7 for gaming? If not, what would you recommend?

 

[simonsi]

Hello, I have a Mid 2012 MacBook pro, and was considering upgrading my 500GB HDD to a 256GB SSD, however 256 GB isn't enough to suffice my needs of having a Mac and Windows partition. Could I get my old drive once i've taken it out, use an enclosure and externally use it for Windows 7 for gaming? If not, what would you recommend?

I don't think you can boot Windows from an external drive, but you can re-use the HDD either with an optical bays adapter or in an external USB caddy.

 

[vandalized]

Where could I get an optical bay caddy, this option really intrigues me.

 

[simonsi]

Google is your friend but they are quite common from PC/Mac suppliers, as you have no location I can't really suggest a local supplier...

 

[Weaselboy]

Where could I get an optical bay caddy, this option really intrigues me.

"Optibay" is one brand and there are others. If you search Amazon for Optibay you will see a bunch listed there.

 

[Maydon0z]

You can also get a cheap chinese one off of Ebay. Works for me