Laptop Hard Drive ?

[Amdcrankitup]

Never gave it any thought but do hard drives in a laptop have the same pin configuration in regards to ide and power source wanting to swap one out !

 

[tiraides]

Notebook hard drives don't have the same pin configuration as IDE drives, but there are adapter cables available for them.

 

[Amdcrankitup]

Im sorry maybe I wasnt clear on what I was asking Im wanting to swap it from one laptop to another!

 

[exe]

two types of laptop HD, one is PATA and the other SATA. You can swap provided they are the same type of interface.

 

[Amdcrankitup]

Thanks it is Pata thats what I needed to know.Appreciate the input!

 

[engiNURD]

If its an IBM, the HDD is most likely locked, btw.

 

[exe]

Also you need to note, if you go for the HUGE laptop drives.. I don't know what capacity they are at now... 400 or 500GB, they may be physically thicker, and you'll run into problems. But if you stick to regular 250GB and below I think there should not be a thickness problem.