I have new dell laptop with a 60 gb harddrive in it now. But i have a serial ATA harddrive that i use to use for my desktop but the desktop crashed and i need some information off of the drive...i have a Serial ATA power supply and data cord...and i was wondering if i could use the power supply to power the harddrive and use the cord to plug in the laptop. Is this possible? and if so is there anything that could go wrong..last thing i need is to screw up a brand new 1000 dollar laptop =/ thank you very much...
2007-03-10 11:39:44 · 7 answers · asked by kev0951 2 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Laptops & Notebooks
your best bet is buying an external enclose case designed for desktop HD (there's also one for laptop HD), make sure the case is using SATA connection, then you're all set, just put them together, power it up and you can drop and drag all you want.
2007-03-10 11:48:36 · answer #1 · answered by digital_goddess_usa 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Is your laptop sata or pata?
If it's sata, you may be able to make a custom lead to connect the drive to the laptop instead of it's own drive... with an external power supply. But get it wrong, pooof, 1 dead laptop and no warranty.
Buy an external sata to usb case designed for 3 1/2 inch disk drives is the best bet... plug the disk in, power it up, connect the case to the USB on the laptop and you should see the disk with your data.
Anyway... when you say 'crashed'. I assme you mean the hardware failed in some way that left the disk OK.
2007-03-10 11:53:02 · answer #2 · answered by bambamitsdead 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I had a laptop come to me that had a destroyed hard drive due to a ladies 14 year old son slamming the lid shut. I had a laptop here that had only been use for a couple months and was destroyed beyond repair due to lightning. The battery and hard drive were not damaged being one of the few things that weren't damaged. I used the hard drive in her computer and it worked great. I might also add that the two computers were the exact same model.
2016-03-28 23:26:40 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
As far as I know Laptops cannot use drives made for Desktops. Everything about the drive right down to the size is different.
2007-03-10 11:45:02 · answer #4 · answered by Siren 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes you can take the ata hardrive out of yous desktop and get info off it with your laptop you need this connection USB 2.0 to IDE Cable Adapter (for 2.5" and 3.5" IDE) here is the website you can buy it from i have one of those and works really good
and it will not mess anything up the laptop will read you ata hardrive as slave here is the link
http://www.geeks.com/details.asp?invtid=USB2IDE-25-35&cpc=SCH
2007-03-10 11:51:50 · answer #5 · answered by juanq a 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2007-03-10 12:06:03 · answer #6 · answered by Chang R 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
plug it into what ... the usb maybe .... unless what u have there is a usb converting settup i dont see how ur gonna plug a sata cord in ... but the power should be ok .... i guess ... get a usb enclosure ...
2007-03-10 11:44:17 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋