Can I use a Hewlet Packard Lap Top Hard drive in my Dell's Desk Top computer?
March 10, 2010
I have a old Hewlet Packard lap top computer that will not work no more because the power conectopr to the mother board became to loose and I could not find a suitable repairman to repair it. So I want to use my lap tops hard drive in my desk top computer. What do I need to do to make this happened
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Alright unlike a previous answer, if your HP laptop’s hard drive is SATA you don’t need an adapter to actually connect the hard drive to your desktop, SATA hard drives use the same connector regardless of being 2.5 inch or 3.5 inch, the only thing would be a 2.5 inch drive can’t be mounted into 3.5 slots so to get around that you can either just find a spot to rest the hard drive or buy a frame that adapts the size so your 2.5 inch drive fits and can be mounted into a 3.5 inch slot inside your desktop.
That being said, how old of a laptop are we talking here and if you could post a model number that would be great, because if the laptop is 5-6 years old and your Dell desktop is any bit modern you’ll most likely have a problem with different connection standards being used between computers. In all honesty though, unless your hard drive out of the HP is more than 120GB (and is a SATA hard drive) you can buy a new 160GB 3.5 inch SATA hard drive with a full 3 year warranty for less than $50. Now of course this is all assuming your Dell supports SATA, since you didn’t post a model for the Dell either I guessing the Dell is newer than the HP and since SATA has been out now for a few years I imagine it has SATA support.
Long story short, if you can post some model numbers I can give you a better answer but from your limited description while it might be possible to use the old hard drive, the work and cost to do so is probably not worth it compared to the alternative new product available.
When you can buy a brand new desktop DVD/CD for < $30, it’s not worth trying to mount a laptop CD drive in your desktop. They’re physically different and don’t always use the same interface.
yes you would need a special adapter for it though look for a 2.5" to 3.5" sata adapter, or what i think your best option is, look for a drive enclosure for your drive so you could use it as a portable hardrive.
Also as for the power connector try repairing it your self I did mine last week, was scared at first but all is done and laptop is charging again.