laptop hard disk in a tower pc?

[bs_texas]

I am curious if anybody has seen a solution where a hard disk for a laptop can be put in some sort of caddy and used in a regular tower type pc.

[happybunny]

yup

I have a couple of those adapters myself.

Not sure what they are called or where you can get one, though, but it is possible.


More info:

Manufacturer is QVS. Product number is CC2200. Name is IDE Hard Drive Interface Adaptor.

Even MORE info:

http://www.jr.com/JRProductPage.process?Product=3713789

[Daedrus]

Check Fry's Electronics if you have one around.

Otherwise I type Laptop IDE converter and found a lot of sites that sell them.

[saikee]

They are just the 3.5"-to-2.5" hard disk adaptors. Dirt cheap too. I use them to put 2.5" hard dive in 3.5" hard disk caddies. None of my 5 desktop got a hard disk fixed inside and I have also screwed a mobile rack into an external hard disk enclosure. So every one of my hard disk, be it a 2.5" or a 3.5", can work as internal or external drive whenver I want.

[gehidore]

My first upgrade was a 181MB laptop drive with an adapter.

[StarTiger]

Try an external USB/Firewire harddrive enclosure. you can add the harddrive, plus have the protibility to easily move it between computer to computer. they're readily available and usually around $35US.

Like a REALLY big jump drive for cheep.

[EnigmaOne]

Like others have mentioned, I have a few of these adapters myself...great for imaging notebook drives before the notebook is issued-out. For longer term use...LOL...those 2.5" drives are dead silent!

If you're using a drive dock (standard IDE, 3.5" type) this is probably the hot-ticket for you:
http://www.startech.com/ststore/itemdetail.cfm?ProductID=BRACKET25

[bs_texas]

oops... sorry... got busy and haven't replied.

Thanks for all the great replies. Looks like I do have some options to use this extra drive.

After I originally bought that laptop, I bought a second hard drive so I could have slackware on one drive and windows on the other. I didn't want to duel boot. Anyway, then I was actually hired on a contract basis to do some work and the laptop has become very important in the job... and it's a windows world and I don't have much time for swapping hard drives. So, the second 40GB HD has just been sitting around. Now I can put it to use... as soon as I get the chance to adapt.

[gehidore]

Originally posted by bs_2003
I didn't want to duel boot.

Do I detect a bit of repressed anger towards dual booting :p