2006-11-15 23:05:20 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Other - Hardware
if you mean the cpu or processor no if you mean the cpu tower yes
2006-11-15 23:08:31 · answer #1 · answered by bsmith13421 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nope cos the cpu is a small chip.
If you mean base/tower then yes you can. You will probably find that your computer takes an IDE or SATA hard disk. First check with you motherboard to see which one it takes. Some take both.
SATA uses a black cable. IDE generally uses a wide grey cable.
Just take off the case to find out. The inside is like a jigsaw puzzle, if an item doesnt fit then its in the wrong place.
Hope this helps...
2006-11-16 07:10:28 · answer #2 · answered by m_s_m_24 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Your worded your question incorrectly. Of course you can't put a hard drive into any processor. I think you meant to ask, can you put a hard drive into any computer.
If that was your question, the answer is yes. You can put any hard drive into any computer as long as the computer has a controller for that type of drive.
IDE Hard Drive
Requires a IDE controller - almost all computers made within the last 10 years have a onboard IDE controller. If for some reason the computer you want to put the drive into doesn't have one, you'll need to install a add-on ide controller card. They make these for *nix, windows and apple computers.
SCSI Hard Drive
Most desktop PCs don't have onboard SCSI controllers. You usually find these in *nix, apple and server (pc) machines. If you're taking a SCSI drive from one of these machines and want to put it into a machine that doesn't have a SCSI controller, once again you'll need to install a add-on SCSI card in that machine.
SATA Hard Drive
Newer computers have SATA controllers on the motherboard. Same rule applies - If you want to use a SATA drive on a computer that doesn't have a SATA controller you'll need to install one.
USB/Firewire/Other Hard Drive
These types of drives require their own type of connection. As long as you have what's required you'll be all set. If you don't, you'll need to add the interface in order to be able to use it.
Things to remember.
If you're using IDE you need to be aware of master/slave settings on the drives. If you're using SCSI you have drive IDs to consider.
If your bringing a drive from one OS or platfrom to a different OS or platform you may not be able to see the data on the drive. You shouldn't have any problem formatting the drive to your new OS, but you will lose all data on the drive if you do so.
If you're trying to just take your drive from one computer to another and hope that it'll work, there are things to know. If you're running different chipsets (Intel, VIA, etc) you may never get the machine to boot into the OS.
Anyway, your question should be re-worded but I think this tells you what you need to know.
2006-11-16 07:29:52 · answer #3 · answered by eljefe98 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are 2/3 types of Hard Drives - IDE AND RISC ( and probably some more types) .
There are CPUs which have certain Restrictions and you just cannot put any kind of Hard Disk in there .
2006-11-16 07:18:10 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes its possible, only that it also depends with the capacity of the hard disc plus the model of your computer
2006-11-16 07:16:46 · answer #5 · answered by ingwe 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no .. actually CPU is a small hardware medium ...
you can put hard disc only in the cabinet ...
2006-11-16 07:09:39 · answer #6 · answered by Manis 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
they are totally different , ofcourse not...
2006-11-16 07:08:43 · answer #7 · answered by senturkah 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋