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hdd adapter?
Posted: Thu Oct 14, 2004 3:25 pm
by Guest
Can I use one of those laptop-to-IDE adapters to connect my thinkpad 600 hd to my desktop?
Posted: Thu Oct 14, 2004 3:57 pm
by Rob Mayercik
I've never tried one of those, but I don't see why it wouldn't work.
I have one of those USB external drive kits for laptop drives (got it when I bought my 12GB drive), and that works good.
You're not looking to boot the desktop off of the thinkpad's drive, are you? The difference in hardware might cause problems.
Rob
Re: hdd adapter?
Posted: Thu Oct 14, 2004 4:10 pm
by JHEM
Anonymous wrote:Can I use one of those laptop-to-IDE adapters to connect my thinkpad 600 hd to my desktop?
Yes, they work quite well.
However, that being said, never FORMAT the HD or install an OS while connected to the desktop.
It's OK to copy anything you want to/from the HD.
Regards,
James
Re: hdd adapter?
Posted: Thu Oct 14, 2004 9:58 pm
by Dominix
Anonymous wrote:Can I use one of those laptop-to-IDE adapters to connect my thinkpad 600 hd to my desktop?
They work great for ghosting an image of your drive to a storage drive on your desktop. They are tons faster then the usb enclosures. They are pretty cheap on ebay.