Storage Solutions Intalling laptop hard disk in PC

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Vasishta.Sushant

Vasishta.Sushant

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I was just wondering if we can use a laptop hard disk drive in the PC.

I am upgrading my laptop drive and the spare drive won't be of any use (I already have a portable drive).

Can someone confirm, if its possible to install the laptop hard drive in the PC.

BTW I have a few unused 2.5" bays in my PC cabinet.
 
Yupp I am planning to remove the hard disk from my netbook and use it as a primary OS drive in my PC. Will add another 500GB to my netbook (since thats my download rig).

BTW how have you fixed it inside the cabinet ? Some desi jugad kya ?
 
Yes, you can use a 2.5" hard drive in your PC. I was using a 320GB 2.5" hard drive in my download rig 24x7 without any issues, it uses the same SATA and power cable as a 3.5" drive. However if you use it as the OS drive, the boot times and transfer speed will be little slow. I had fixed it in a 3.5 bay using jugaad :)
 
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In some threads, i came to know that using a 2.5" hdd in a desktop pc is not advisable. Because, even though the connectors for 2.5" hdd may be same, there might be different power requirements for laptop hdd. It might work when connected, but there is a chance that it might burn. We all pretty well know that there is no warranty for burnt products as in most of the case it will be classified under CID (customer inducted damage) and warranty will be denied for the sole reason.

Some of the TE users have experienced problems and even some have damaged the hdd by doing so. So IMO dont do it.

Then its upto you...
 
^ it will cause vibrations... Atleast use tape to secure it like chesss did...

anfjavid said:
In some threads, i came to know that using a 2.5" hdd in a desktop pc is not advisable. Because, even though the connectors for 2.5" hdd may be same, there might be different power requirements for laptop hdd. It might work when connected, but there is a chance that it might burn. We all pretty well know that there is no warranty for burnt products as in most of the case it will be classified under CID (customer inducted damage) and warranty will be denied for the sole reason.

Some of the TE users have experienced problems and even some have damaged the hdd by doing so. So IMO dont do it.

Then its upto you...
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Never heard of it... SATA is still SATA & I don't think power supplied (voltage) is different, compared b/w Desktop & Laptop HDD....

Though Laptop HDD's are designed to consume lesser power but its only wattage which is lower...
 
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