Put a notebook's hard drive in a desktop?

Is this possible? The drive I want to temporarily put in my computer is
from an old notebook made in '97. It has a EIDE interface and is a 2.5
inch form factor. My computer uses a controller that provides ultra
DMA33/ATA66/ATA100. My motherboard is described here:

http://www.gigabyte.com.tw/Support/M...ProductID=1353

What I'd like to do is to try to quickly copy the drive's contents onto
my hard drive since the drive is failing.

My question though, is: will I be able to hook that small form factor
drive up to my desktop computer?

TIA for any help.

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John Corliss

On Wed, 18 Apr 2007 15:40:19 -0700, John Corliss
<jcorliss@fake.invalid> wrote:

>Is this possible? The drive I want to temporarily put in my computer is
>from an old notebook made in '97. It has a EIDE interface and is a 2.5
>inch form factor. My computer uses a controller that provides ultra
>DMA33/ATA66/ATA100. My motherboard is described here:
>
>http://www.gigabyte.com.tw/Support/M...ProductID=1353
>
>What I'd like to do is to try to quickly copy the drive's contents onto
>my hard drive since the drive is failing.
>
>My question though, is: will I be able to hook that small form factor
>drive up to my desktop computer?

The formfactor poses no problem, the connector does :-)

Your desktop IDE has a 40 (well, 39) pin connector on a .1"
pitch. And a separate power connector.
A laptop drive has a 44 pin connector on a 2.5 mm pitch.

So, you'll need a converter. (Cheap and common, some US$ 10)

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Kind regards,
Gerard Bok

>Is this possible? The drive I want to temporarily put in my computer is
>from an old notebook made in '97. It has a EIDE interface and is a 2.5
>inch form factor

Yes, all you need is a simple laptop to desktop adapter such as this:

http://www.geeks.com/details.asp?invtid=HD-108&cat=HDD

Regards,
Chris

Skeleton Man wrote:
>> Is this possible? The drive I want to temporarily put in my computer is
>>from an old notebook made in '97. It has a EIDE interface and is a 2.5
>> inch form factor
>
> Yes, all you need is a simple laptop to desktop adapter such as this:
>
> http://www.geeks.com/details.asp?invtid=HD-108&cat=HDD
>
> Regards,
> Chris
>
>

The 2.5" drive uses +5V for power. (A 3.5" drive uses +5V and +12V,
for comparison.) And that is why, on the adapter shown on the
geeks.com page above, the power adapter only has a red and a black
wire connected. The red and black, pick up +5V and GND from the
power supply. No 12V (yellow wire) is needed.

A laptop drive generally draws less than 5V at 1 amp, so not much
current will be drawn through the power plug.

Paul

Gerard Bok wrote:
> John Corliss wrote:
>
>> Is this possible? The drive I want to temporarily put in my computer is
>> from an old notebook made in '97. It has a EIDE interface and is a 2.5
>> inch form factor. My computer uses a controller that provides ultra
>> DMA33/ATA66/ATA100. My motherboard is described here:
>>
>> http://www.gigabyte.com.tw/Support/M...ProductID=1353
>>
>> What I'd like to do is to try to quickly copy the drive's contents onto
>> my hard drive since the drive is failing.
>>
>> My question though, is: will I be able to hook that small form factor
>> drive up to my desktop computer?
>
> The formfactor poses no problem, the connector does :-)
>
> Your desktop IDE has a 40 (well, 39) pin connector on a .1"
> pitch. And a separate power connector.
> A laptop drive has a 44 pin connector on a 2.5 mm pitch.
>
> So, you'll need a converter. (Cheap and common, some US$ 10)

Thanks very much for this info! Kinda thought there would be some kind
of difference. Looks like the power connector is different too.

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John Corliss

Paul wrote:
> Skeleton Man wrote:
>>> Is this possible? The drive I want to temporarily put in my computer is
>>> from an old notebook made in '97. It has a EIDE interface and is a 2.5
>>> inch form factor
>>
>> Yes, all you need is a simple laptop to desktop adapter such as this:
>>
>> http://www.geeks.com/details.asp?invtid=HD-108&cat=HDD
>
> The 2.5" drive uses +5V for power. (A 3.5" drive uses +5V and +12V,
> for comparison.) And that is why, on the adapter shown on the
> geeks.com page above, the power adapter only has a red and a black
> wire connected. The red and black, pick up +5V and GND from the
> power supply. No 12V (yellow wire) is needed.
>
> A laptop drive generally draws less than 5V at 1 amp, so not much
> current will be drawn through the power plug.

Thanks to both you and Skeleton Man for this info. This adapter is what
I'll be going with.

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John Corliss

On Apr 18, 3:40 pm, John Corliss <jcorl...@fake.invalid> wrote:
> Is this possible? The drive I want to temporarily put in my computer is
> from an old notebook made in '97. It has a EIDE interface and is a 2.5
> inch form factor. My computer uses a controller that provides ultra
> DMA33/ATA66/ATA100. My motherboard is described here:
>
> http://www.gigabyte.com.tw/Support/M...odel.aspx?Prod...
>
> What I'd like to do is to try to quickly copy the drive's contents onto
> my hard drive since the drive is failing.
>
> My question though, is: will I be able to hook that small form factor
> drive up to my desktop computer?
>
> TIA for any help.
>
> --
> John Corliss

Yes. There are two major kinds of adapters. a cheepie pin adapter, and
a usb enclosure. I use the pin adapter to make backups and do recovery
for various clients.