Can I use a "regular" internal hard drive in a laptop?

Question

I have an extra internal hard drive that I was going to use in my desktop. Can I use it in my laptop instead?

Answer 1

You can't use it internally, it's the wrong size. You may be able to use it as an external with a USB drive enclosure, though.

Answer 2

Nope. Laptop, and desktop computers use different hard drives. You'll notice the regular harddrive is way to big to fit. There are adapter trays available though, to let you use a regular hard drive as an external hard drive.. Usually they connect through the USB ports.

Answer 3

Yes, provided you have a drive that will fit inside the laptop. Most laptops use miniature parts to facilitate portability, but if the drive cord will fit, sure you can. Suggestion: If you want a hard drive you can use on both, and swap without issue, exteranl drives are fabulous. You can get a 200 Gig for about $110.00 American.

Answer 4

Most laptops require 2.5" rather than 3.5" drives. Standard desktop hard drives are 3.5". So the answer is likely no.

Answer 5

Laptop HDD are approx. 0.45 inches thick while a desktop HDD is 0.75 inches thick. Doesn't add up, does it?

Buy a IDE - USB adaptor and then you can connect your Desktop HDD as an external drive.

Answer 6

Yes. It is not cheap, but for $50 you can buy an external case that you can put the harddrive in and then connect it to your computer via USB or Firewire port.

Answer 7

cuando mi ordenador ha tenido un accidente no sabía si valía la pena cambiarle el hard disk o comprar otro nuevo, he tenido mucha suerte con amazon, he encontrado el producto perfecto, un transporte rápido y mi portátil funciona otra vez y mejor que antes porque el hard disk tiene una mejor velocidad de respuesta.

Answer 8

use IDE-USB connector to do this