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No, it will not fit in the enclosure.
** However it will fit the adapter, as 2.5" and 3.5" SATA drives share the same adapter. But as stated, it will not fit IN the enclosure.
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How does one convert a IDE hard drive to a SATA hard drive?
You cannot do that. SATA and IDE are not compatible. What you can do is to buy special expension card which can work with SATA drives. For instance, http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16815124022
How do you get a sata hard drive to work on a PC that only supports ide hard drives what method would be best for drive and PC speed?
get a sata ide raid card
Will your laptop hard drive work with your computer?
It should do. Modern laptops use standard SATA connections, but it'd be worth checking the power requirements match. A hot-swappable 2.5" enclosure would be the best option.
Do computer hard drives work on ps3's?
Yes. Any 2.5" (laptop) SATA drive can be used with a PS3.
What hard drive does a dell inspiron 1501?
Any number of SATA-1 drives will work. My Inspiron 1501 has a Fujitus 120-GB.
Is ATA100 hard disk compatible with ATA150 mother board?
Not necessarily. "ATA-150" is SATA. If your motherboard has an IDE controller, the disk will work. If the board has only SATA, you will not be able to connect the drive without an adapter.
Will a ATA-6 hard drive work in an IDE drive enclosure?
i also have a simlar question, can i use my old laptop (ata-6) harddrive on my old desktop with ide?
Can you install an operating system to an external hard drive and install it internally afterward?
yes you can and i know because i did it this will only work if your computer supports SATA drives 1. buy a vantec external hard drive 2. use the SATA plug that comes with it to plug it in 3. restart your computer to enter the setup 4. install onto your hard drive CAUTION make sure you dont overwrite your computer hard drive then your done you can then remove the HD from the case with a screwdriver and install it into your computer
What hard drive is compatible with an Asus M3A78 motherboard?
Any SATA drive will work, that board even has an IDE input so older drives that require a ribbon cable will also still work. But there`s no sense in that, so get a good Western Digital or Seagate SATA II drive and you`re good too go. Motherboards do not care what Brand of drive you install, only how the drive connects to the board, which nowadays the main connector type is the SATA port. The drive will be automatically recognized and initialized once it`s installed, then you just partition (if you wish) and format it.
How can you make just a hard drive motor run after you have taken it out of the computer?
The hard drive, obviously needs power. If the drive is out of the PC complete, then one way to make it work, is to simply hook the drive up on a molex / sata power lead, together with the ide or sata lead. Turn the power on, and check the drive is spinning. the other way, is to purchase a ide - usb cable. (Presuming the drive in question is a ide drive). This comes with its own power lead. Hope this helps Be safe
How can you make a SATA drive work on a motherboard that only has a PATA connector?
Well... First, you have to plug it in..
What is an ATAPI that uses a narrow more reliable cable?
That sounds like a SATA device. SATA cables only use 6-7 wires. ATAPI is the standard for devices other than hard drives that also use the ATA command set and signals. Nearly all DVD burners, like most internal hard drives, use SATA these days. There is also SCSI Attached Storage (SAS), and it uses SATA cables and is electrically compatible with SATA, though with a different command set. There is no SAS DVD burner yet, but that is okay, since SATA devices will work with an SAS controller. The compatibility is only one way, meaning that while SATA devices work on SAS controllers, you cannot install a SAS drive with a SATA-only port.
