laptop HD in a desktop???

arej00dazed · 07-18-2009, 09:59 AM

I have an older HP Pavillion ZE2000series laptop with a 60gb ATA/IDE HD. I also have a dell 4600 p4 w/IDE HD's. The laptop drive failed(?) and I was gonna plan to plug it into the dell to try to pull data, but after yanking it from the laptop, theres no power port on the drive. So now I'm questioning if I can install this drive in the desktop, would I need an adapter or can I even do this??? Asking before I try it and fry something else.

THANX!

**raptor_pa** · 07-18-2009, 03:22 PM

Yep google 2.5 IDE to 3.5 adapter lots of different ones out there.

**Done_Fishin** · 07-19-2009, 03:25 AM

the adapter you are looking for will be like this one here

http://www.cablestogo.com/product.as...=906&sku=17705

this one looks a bit expensive though .

you might also want to think about a USB to IDE adapter

there are also versions that have 3.5", 2.5" & SATA connections that will allow you to cover all current hard drives

http://techgage.com/article/vantec_s...o_usb_adapter/

newegg also have something similar for $21

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16812232002

07-18-2009, 09:59 AM	#1 (permalink)
arej00dazed Registered User Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 69 OS: winXP Pro SP2	laptop HD in a desktop??? I have an older HP Pavillion ZE2000series laptop with a 60gb ATA/IDE HD. I also have a dell 4600 p4 w/IDE HD's. The laptop drive failed(?) and I was gonna plan to plug it into the dell to try to pull data, but after yanking it from the laptop, theres no power port on the drive. So now I'm questioning if I can install this drive in the desktop, would I need an adapter or can I even do this??? Asking before I try it and fry something else. THANX!

07-18-2009, 03:22 PM	#2 (permalink)
raptor_pa Mod Hardware Team Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Central PA Posts: 4,848 OS: XP	Re: laptop HD in a desktop??? Yep google 2.5 IDE to 3.5 adapter lots of different ones out there. __________________

07-19-2009, 03:25 AM	#3 (permalink)
Done_Fishin Moderator Hardware Team Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Brit living in Greece Posts: 7,515 OS: WinME, WinXP Pro SP3, Win7 Beta, Ubuntu 9.04 & Netbook Remix & CD2USB, Mepis 6.5, Fedora 10 My System	Re: laptop HD in a desktop??? the adapter you are looking for will be like this one here http://www.cablestogo.com/product.as...=906&sku=17705 this one looks a bit expensive though . you might also want to think about a USB to IDE adapter there are also versions that have 3.5", 2.5" & SATA connections that will allow you to cover all current hard drives http://techgage.com/article/vantec_s...o_usb_adapter/ newegg also have something similar for $21 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16812232002 __________________ . . I'm not old!! I'm age impaired .. D_F I DON'T PLAY GAMES How to mark your thread as solved HDD DIAG UTILS TSF's Photographer's Corner Last edited by Done_Fishin; 07-19-2009 at 03:32 AM.