From reading around it looks like there are no non-powered 3.5 enclosures. Is that a fact due to power requirements of 3.5 drives that they cannot be powered off USB?<BR><BR>I have an HP computer that ...

Reader Fred wants to know if a laptop hard drive can be plugged into a desktop PC. “The pin out appears to be the same,” he notes, “but there is no separate power-supply connector.” Short answer: yes.