Can I use a HDD when it's not secured?

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My son has managed (again) to screw up his PC with crud.
I've got a old PC that I've given him but want to try and get some music off his old PC.

The "new" PC doesn't have space to mount it, is it possible to unplug the CD drive and use the connections to temp plug in the old drive to get the some music files off it.

Could I just rest the old drive on the PC while I get the PC or even secure it with bluetack as a temp fix?!!!
I know I'm being tight by not buying a caddy, but this is the second time he's screwed his PC in 6 months :mad:
 
As a 'temporary' measure just about anything goes.... a drive will work fine dangling by it's power cable in my experience (that's not a recommendation...)
 
Indeed. When working on a "spare" hard drive, I usually just sit it 'top' down on top of the case and lift the necessary cables out to it.
 
Yeah I do it all the time, normally ends wedeged on top of my DVD drive.

Tell your son to go easy on the porn. :p
 
Yeah, anywhere is fine as long as it wont fall or be moved around much. When i'm at work we stick them wherever the cables allow so they're sat still. Usually just on top of the machine or something.
 
Cheers for all your help, I've got it running like that now.

He said he installed a program that would let him watch films that are currently at the cinema for free :rolleyes:

I fear for the future world :p
 
just for the record screwing the drive in to a caddy is far from the only option.

Hard drives can be one of the noisier components in a pc mostly because of the vibrations of the very fast spinning disc so quite a good option is to suspend the drive for instance using twisted elastic bands holding it frimly in place but nullifying the vibration noise.

Quite a clever solution and one that works really well.
 
Just don't move the drive while it's on, mind you they do demonstrate the gyroscopic effect quite well :)
 
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