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  1. Amputee

    Amputee New Member

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    I have an Alienware Aurora desktop pc.

    I want to put in my SATA hard drive that I had in a crappy brick of an acer laptop.

    The desktop supports SATA of course but will it take a laptop HDD?

    It is a 160GB Hitachi.

    I just want all my music off of it. Thanks.
     
    Amputee, Dec 23, 2010
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  2. Tyrsonswood

    Tyrsonswood HH's curmudgeon

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    Should be no problem...... I imagine the laptop drive has standard power and data connectors, doesn't it?
     
    Tyrsonswood, Dec 23, 2010
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  3. iPlayer

    iPlayer Filled with noobsauce

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    That's a normal 2.5" hard drive. No reason for it not to work.
     
    iPlayer, Dec 23, 2010
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    There are IDE 2.5" HDD's. Assuming it's SATA, though, it should work fine (in the event it's IDE, just hook it up IDE-style...).
     
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  5. iPlayer

    iPlayer Filled with noobsauce

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    He said it's an SATA in his first post, but guess he could be wrong.
     
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    iPlayer, Dec 23, 2010
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    Judas Obvious Closet Brony Pony

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    All SATA/IDE 2.5 drives are recognised and work in desktops and vice versa... mind you i've never come across a laptop with a 3.5inch desktop drive.. lol..

    ONLY the IDE 2.5 drives REQUIRE an adapter to confirst from the small laptop ide to the desktop IDE + power.... they are dirt cheap... i've one behind me...

    But sata is the simpliest... just plug em in just like a desktop drive.. all work 100%
     
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    Yes, should definitely work, I've done that in the past.
     
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