A couple of laptop HD questions

Most higher end laptops in the last 5 or so years have used M.2, mSATA or have had the drive soldered directly on to the logic board.

For the first two, you'd need something like this: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00S6AHQBM

If the drive is soldered on the logic board, there's nothing you can do really.
 
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Note that that adapter is for sata drives only, m.2 drives can be sata or pcie (nvme) or a demented person could even make a USB m.2 drive too; you'd most likely need different adapters for each type of drive. Using the wrong adapter won't hurt anything as long as you don't force any connections, but it would be an extra step.
 
Most higher end laptops in the last 5 or so years have used M.2, mSATA or have had the drive soldered directly on to the logic board.

For the first two, you'd need something like this: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00S6AHQBM

If the drive is soldered on the logic board, there's nothing you can do really.
So are you saying that most laptops (i.e. not "higher end") still use 2.5" sata drives?
 
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depends on cost, lots of low end still use 2.5 but it could be any of the ones mentioned. do you have a particular model youre wondering about?
 
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