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Put a notebook's hard drive in a desktop?
Is this possible? The drive I want to temporarily put in my computer is
from an old notebook made in '97. It has a EIDE interface and is a 2.5 inch form factor. My computer uses a controller that provides ultra DMA33/ATA66/ATA100. My motherboard is described he http://www.gigabyte.com.tw/Support/M...ProductID=1353 What I'd like to do is to try to quickly copy the drive's contents onto my hard drive since the drive is failing. My question though, is: will I be able to hook that small form factor drive up to my desktop computer? TIA for any help. -- John Corliss |
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Put a notebook's hard drive in a desktop?
On Wed, 18 Apr 2007 15:40:19 -0700, John Corliss
wrote: Is this possible? The drive I want to temporarily put in my computer is from an old notebook made in '97. It has a EIDE interface and is a 2.5 inch form factor. My computer uses a controller that provides ultra DMA33/ATA66/ATA100. My motherboard is described he http://www.gigabyte.com.tw/Support/M...ProductID=1353 What I'd like to do is to try to quickly copy the drive's contents onto my hard drive since the drive is failing. My question though, is: will I be able to hook that small form factor drive up to my desktop computer? The formfactor poses no problem, the connector does :-) Your desktop IDE has a 40 (well, 39) pin connector on a .1" pitch. And a separate power connector. A laptop drive has a 44 pin connector on a 2.5 mm pitch. So, you'll need a converter. (Cheap and common, some US$ 10) -- Kind regards, Gerard Bok |
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Put a notebook's hard drive in a desktop?
Is this possible? The drive I want to temporarily put in my computer is
from an old notebook made in '97. It has a EIDE interface and is a 2.5 inch form factor Yes, all you need is a simple laptop to desktop adapter such as this: http://www.geeks.com/details.asp?invtid=HD-108&cat=HDD Regards, Chris |
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Put a notebook's hard drive in a desktop?
Skeleton Man wrote:
Is this possible? The drive I want to temporarily put in my computer is from an old notebook made in '97. It has a EIDE interface and is a 2.5 inch form factor Yes, all you need is a simple laptop to desktop adapter such as this: http://www.geeks.com/details.asp?invtid=HD-108&cat=HDD Regards, Chris The 2.5" drive uses +5V for power. (A 3.5" drive uses +5V and +12V, for comparison.) And that is why, on the adapter shown on the geeks.com page above, the power adapter only has a red and a black wire connected. The red and black, pick up +5V and GND from the power supply. No 12V (yellow wire) is needed. A laptop drive generally draws less than 5V at 1 amp, so not much current will be drawn through the power plug. Paul |
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Put a notebook's hard drive in a desktop?
Gerard Bok wrote:
John Corliss wrote: Is this possible? The drive I want to temporarily put in my computer is from an old notebook made in '97. It has a EIDE interface and is a 2.5 inch form factor. My computer uses a controller that provides ultra DMA33/ATA66/ATA100. My motherboard is described he http://www.gigabyte.com.tw/Support/M...ProductID=1353 What I'd like to do is to try to quickly copy the drive's contents onto my hard drive since the drive is failing. My question though, is: will I be able to hook that small form factor drive up to my desktop computer? The formfactor poses no problem, the connector does :-) Your desktop IDE has a 40 (well, 39) pin connector on a .1" pitch. And a separate power connector. A laptop drive has a 44 pin connector on a 2.5 mm pitch. So, you'll need a converter. (Cheap and common, some US$ 10) Thanks very much for this info! Kinda thought there would be some kind of difference. Looks like the power connector is different too. -- John Corliss |
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Put a notebook's hard drive in a desktop?
Paul wrote:
Skeleton Man wrote: Is this possible? The drive I want to temporarily put in my computer is from an old notebook made in '97. It has a EIDE interface and is a 2.5 inch form factor Yes, all you need is a simple laptop to desktop adapter such as this: http://www.geeks.com/details.asp?invtid=HD-108&cat=HDD The 2.5" drive uses +5V for power. (A 3.5" drive uses +5V and +12V, for comparison.) And that is why, on the adapter shown on the geeks.com page above, the power adapter only has a red and a black wire connected. The red and black, pick up +5V and GND from the power supply. No 12V (yellow wire) is needed. A laptop drive generally draws less than 5V at 1 amp, so not much current will be drawn through the power plug. Thanks to both you and Skeleton Man for this info. This adapter is what I'll be going with. -- John Corliss |
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Put a notebook's hard drive in a desktop?
On Apr 18, 3:40 pm, John Corliss wrote:
Is this possible? The drive I want to temporarily put in my computer is from an old notebook made in '97. It has a EIDE interface and is a 2.5 inch form factor. My computer uses a controller that provides ultra DMA33/ATA66/ATA100. My motherboard is described he http://www.gigabyte.com.tw/Support/M...odel.aspx?Prod... What I'd like to do is to try to quickly copy the drive's contents onto my hard drive since the drive is failing. My question though, is: will I be able to hook that small form factor drive up to my desktop computer? TIA for any help. -- John Corliss Yes. There are two major kinds of adapters. a cheepie pin adapter, and a usb enclosure. I use the pin adapter to make backups and do recovery for various clients. |
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