[Gllug] SATA Laptop Hardrive

[Christian Smith]

Andy Farnsworth uttered:

> I hope someone here knows the answer to this.  I have a SATA laptop hard 
> drive (Samsung HM0800JL) and I need to archive / image it.  Can I put this 
> hard drive in my desktop computer which has SATA on the mother board and a 
> SATA power connector?  Or are the connectors on a laptop SATA drive different 
> from those on a desktop drive?


SATA is designed (imagine that) to be compatible across form factors, so 
yes, all SATA connectors are the same and the 2.5' drive should be fine in 
your desktop.


>
> Thanks,
>
> Andy Farnsworth
>


Christian

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