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Odds are you have spare hard drives lying around from old computers. Instead of tossing them out or letting them collect dust, you can easily turn them into DIY external hard drives and use them to backup your important files. Basically all you have to do is pick up a cheap hard drive enclosure, stuff the old drive inside, and connect it to your computer.

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