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[renluop]

Somewhere in our wider tribe is a laptop with out a hard drive, and we have a retired desktop with a working hard drive. Would the drive in the desktop be likely to fit and work in the lappie?

I'm thinking it could be a cheapie way to give OH something to play with.

[broadstairs]

Laptop drives are 2.5 inch form factor where normally desktop use 3.5 inch. So a laptop drive can be used in a desktop either with extra mounting hardware or in a spare floppy bay and connector adapter, no way can you fit a 3.5 inch drive in a laptop. Depending on the laptop it may be possible to boot it from an external usb hard drive though if you can get an external case, defeats the object of a laptop though!

Stuart

[renluop]

That's another idea our of the window then! BTW how much do suitable hard drives cost nowadays, nothing fancy!

[roseway]

Unfortunately 2.5" drives are expensive. I presume that the laptop in question uses an IDE drive, and you're looking at ~£75 for one of those. SATA drives are cheaper - ~£45.

[sheddyian]

Earlier in the year I got a 2nd hand 2.5" IDE drive, 30Gb, off ebay for about £25 I think.  Might even have been £20.

Used it to replace existing one that one day refused to spin up.  Obviously, 2nd hand drives can be a bit of a gamble, but I gave it a good test, it was fine and has been since.

Ian

[renluop]

ATM I am waiting on more detail, and may see it at Christmas to assess it overall. Thanks for comments , but back burner for now.