Laptop HDD?

[BamaFan29891]

Hey guys.

I have a laptop that I am not using now, and I have the HDD out of it.

I was wondering if I can hook that up to a desktop like a normal HDD?

Thanks.

 

[muz]

yeah you could , or you could get an enclosure like i did and turn it into an external hdd

to put the hdd in the dekstop you will need one of theese

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16812203012

an enclosure
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16817145329

 

[Raffaz]

Yeah, you need something like this

http://insidecomputer.stores.yahoo.net/la2tode3hadr1.html

 

[muz]

i just thought , what if his laptop drive is sata

 

[Raffaz]

True, guess we will have to wait and see.

 

[BamaFan29891]

it's not sata. :]

thanks for the help.

 

[muz]

cool , glad we could help
but that dosent answer my question
what if it was sata ?

 

[Raffaz]

Im guessing it would just attach with a standard SATA cable

 

[muz]

yeah your right i think , prolly just need a kit to mount it in a 3.5 bay

 

[Anubis1980]

Out of interest would the HDD be much slower than a normal pc one, or does it all depend on the disk, sounds daft lol , but can you get laptop drives that run at 7200rpm? or does it produce too much heat.