Several things:
There's no reason not to use an internal drive for backup. It would
certainly read/write faster than an external drive.
If you really want to use it externally, just remove it and get an
external enclosure. Are you sure this is an extra drive and not just a
partition of the main drive? My ASUS came with a 750GB divided into two
partitions (C: and D:). If it's a partition you'll need to buy another
SATA drive.

I've bought several of these enclosures. They have good reviews and have
worked well for me:
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=2145406&sku=V13-3254


-------- Original Message --------
Subject: [PCBUILD] Internal HD
From: Diane <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Fri, June 25, 2010 10:42 am
To: [log in to unmask]

*I have an ASUS computer running Win7 64bit.

I have one ATA internal main drive. I have temporarily, another ATA
internal HD for backing up.

I was done using the backup. I turned off the computer and turned off
the
power strip. I unplugged the power and data cables from the backup
internal
HD.

I started the computer and I saw the setup screen, and then a cursor in
the
upper left corner of my screen. That's it.

I turned everything off again and plugged in the backup, and started
again.
Everything was fine.

What gives? Do I have to uninstall the backup to remove it from my
computer? I saw in Device Manager that it's possible to uninstall this
drive.

I now know I need to get an external enclosure for this drive. But how
do I
get it out of my computer?

Thanks for your help.

Diane Kroeckel
*

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