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Old Dec 23, 2010, 02:23 AM   #1
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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.
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Old Dec 23, 2010, 02:46 AM   #2
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Should be no problem...... I imagine the laptop drive has standard power and data connectors, doesn't it?
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That's a normal 2.5" hard drive. No reason for it not to work.
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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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Old Dec 23, 2010, 05:34 AM   #5
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He said it's an SATA in his first post, but guess he could be wrong.
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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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