Hello I'm Calm Cal welcome to the channel in this video we're gonna have a look
at what we can do with this M.2 drive, it's a SATA Drive it's
not an nvme but it is the m.2 format, this has been left over from my
son's recent upgrade because he's upgraded to an nvme drive but he's only
got one M.2 slot in his computer, So what we are gonna do is
introduce well change the format from this M.22 to a 2.5" SSD
drive just using this enclosure, let's see what we've got in the box
alright in the box
some instructions - should be fairly straightforward, we've got a nice little
cute screwdriver and then we've got some screws, to put it together and to
secure the M.2 drive inside and then actually secure the enclosure itself.
Lets have a go at putting this thing together, so with this enclosure then, we
have got two big screws and then four smaller screws to put it together four
smaller screws all fit in here they just hold it together and then the big screws
will be for mounting the SSD inside the M.2 format SSD inside, I'll just try
to open this up!
that's it opened up, there we are, so the M.2 drive just slides inside there
and gets secured with one of these big screws, so we've got an
extra screw for some reason, which is a bonus! so just putting this together is
exactly the same as installing it on your motherboard, goes in at a slight
angle, it's spring board action, again use one of the bigger screws
I'm not gonna bother with this, I'll use my magnetic screwdriver a lot easier to
use.
It doesn't need to be tight it just needs to be there to secure it -that's all
and then the case just fits together, it will just do is just slide it in here
then click this inside here, there we go, let's get secured then with the four
little screws, use another smaller magnetic screwdriver, makes the job a lot simpler
just make sure the screws are flush with the case, one last one, all nice and flush
with the case now, the form factors changed that's just a normal basic
two-and-a-half-inch drive now that we can install in the computer using any of the spare
drive bays, so now you've just got the power and the SATA to connect. M.2 to
SATA adapter, it looks quite modern to be honest, it's like a normal
two and a half inch drive, obviously if you just want a two and a half inch
drive then just buy a two and a half inch drive
there's no point buying the M.2 format just to use this case even though
it does look good! One of the other things you can do with
a two and a half inch drive is if you just want to use this as a backup you
can actually buy one of these leads, this is a SATA to USB adapter and then
you can just plug this into USB port and use it as a backup drive - you don't even
actually have to put this inside the case, my name is Cal, have a good morning,
afternoon, or good evening, farewell till next time and I will see you later.
Thanks for watching (and reading!) 👍