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Using a Notebook hard drive in a Desktop PC

Started by Trainer12 , Mar 05 2008 09:51 AM

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Trainer12

Posted 05 March 2008 - 09:51 AM

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I purchased on-line for in store pickup a 2.5" Scorpio 120GB 5,400RPM IDE Hard Drive
Western Digital SKU: 278259 UPC: 718037117638 Mfr Part Number: WD1200VERTL for my Dell Dimension 2400 Desktop. Will I have to return it to the store and exchange it? Or can I make it work?

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dsenette

Posted 05 March 2008 - 09:54 AM

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you can get either a 2.5 inch USB enclosure for the drive or a 3.5 to 2.5 adapter to install it internally

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Neil Jones

Posted 05 March 2008 - 05:25 PM

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Laptop IDEs with appropriate converter/enclosure.
Laptop SATA drives can use a normal desktop SATA cable and power adaptor. Yes, I was surprised at that too.