Can I use a thinkpad hard drive in an Ideapad?

[Mattevt]

I had an R61 for about a year until a door (yes, a door) fell on it. The fix was too expensive so I opted for a new notebook. I recently ordered an Ideapad Y series and I want to get some files off the HDD from the R61. Can I swap in the hard drive, transfer files to an external, then put the new hard drive back? Or are the HDDs not interchangeable?

Thanks for any help.

Matt

[ZaZ]

You can do it though there's probably going to be driver issues. Why not buy a case for the old drive? When you're done getting the files off, you can use it for backups.

[Mattevt]

You can do it though there's probably going to be driver issues. Why not buy a case for the old drive? When you're done getting the files off, you can use it for backups.

I can do that? How does that work; Do I just buy a "case" put my hard drive in it and connect it via a USB to the new laptop? What kind of case am I looking for?

[ZaZ]

Yup, you can do it. SATA on the inside, USB on the outside.

[Harryc]

Any of these enclosures will work.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductLi ... =USB%202.0

[Mattevt]

Very helpful, thanks everyone.