Laptops PATA/SATA to laptop?

[bluediamond]

is it possible??? to connect PATA or SATA HDD as external HDD to laptop?

(i know i m noob) :S

 

[zhopudey]

You need a external casing for that.

 

[Eazy]

A Zippy external USB case ..... costs around 1200/- ..... can handle both the PATA and the SATA HDDs.

 

[Saiyan]

^^ yep, get a zippys external USB case, costs 1100 in delta peripherals.

 

[TheMask]

Zippy external case with both SATA/PATA compatibility is expensive (comparitively) as mentioned above. Just the PATA external case costs around 500 bucks.

 

[Saiyan]

Zippy external case with both SATA/PATA compatibility is expensive (comparitively) as mentioned above. Just the PATA external case costs around 500 bucks.

yeah but how good are those cheap cases??

Even zippys is not great, i have to RMA mine already(a entire batch was faulty afaik)

 

[TheMask]

^ U cant have 'cheap' n 'quality' at the same time
U get what u pay for.. hehe..

been using a Zippy 2.5" enclosure for more than a year here.. works fine.

 

[Eazy]

yeah but how good are those cheap cases??

Even zippys is not great, i have to RMA mine already(a entire batch was faulty afaik)

THAT is why I use Vantec cases ...

 

[Saiyan]

^ U cant have 'cheap' n 'quality' at the same time
U get what u pay for.. hehe..

been using a Zippy 2.5" enclosure for more than a year here.. works fine.

from wat i heard from big byte corp (they are the importers of zippy casing in chennai) that the PATA casing have lots of problem.