Will this hard drive fin in a secondary HDD caddy (for use in the optical bay of a laptop)?
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I don't think so. I tried in a HP 17'' without succen,in a carry "SATE AC-225" without success and in a bigger carry "Vantec NexStar3 SuperSpeed 2.5-Inch SATA to USB 3.0 and eSATA" without success.
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This is thicker than normal 2.5" laptop hdd and didn't fit in my mater bay. I'm not sure about the second bay.
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It's not impossible but not likely. The inside of your caddy needs to have 5/8 th of an inch clearance. You need to measure it.
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Yes, you canBuy this: Sabrent Ultra Slim USB 2.0 to 2.5-Inch SATA External Aluminum Hard Drive Enclosure [Black] (EC-UK25)
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yes it will however it will be pointless as you will not be able to utilize the speed of the drive. a standard HDD will do the Job for much less dollar I'm using this as the system drive and after few tweaks the speed is breathtaking windows 8 is booting less than 3 seconds. the drive is only 7mm thick while the 2.5 HDD is 9 mm in order to keep the drive fixed in it place you have to use a caddy in order to fix the drive in the enclosure if you are removing the HDD from the laptop then you can use the HDD caddy for this purpose.
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I don't believe it will fit. Try the 2nd Hard Drive Caddy DELL E6400, E6500, E6410, E6510 Modular Bay (original Newmodeus), also sold by Amazon.
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Probably not. This is to hold a standard 2.5-Inch internal hard drive found in most laptops.
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The caddy itself is pretty shallow and designed to fit normal sized hard drives. Normal being around 10mm. The 2 TB version of this drive is 15mm is significantly taller. I do not think just as is it will fit however depending on if you feel like modifying the caddy You could make it fit. GL
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I do not think that it does internally I swaped out the drive that came with Laptop with check link(http://www.amazon.com/Samsung-Electronics-2-5-Inch-Internal-MZ-7TE750BW/dp/B00E3W1ALE/ref=sr_1_4?s=electronics&ie;=UTF8&qid;=1386189261&sr;=1-4&keywords;=samsung+840+evo+mz-7te750bw+2.5+inch+750gb+sata) in addition you can take out the optical drive and use a caddy for a second HD see link (http://hddcaddy.com/en/asus-hdd-caddy/415-asus-n550-n550jv-hdd-caddy.html)
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Contrary to what James and Jerry said, not all SATA drives will fit. Only drives that are thinner (shorter) than 12.7mm tall will fit. You can fit a thicker HDD in the caddy, but the caddy can't fit back into the computer. I tried it with a thicker drive and it simply won't work. Historically, 2.5" drives came as thick as 19mm, and some are still listed on amazon. For example search amazon for Toshiba-213mb.Most current model 2.5" SATA drives are thin enough, but check your specs carefully on the manufacturer's website.
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Yes, as long as you external HDD is a laptop 2.5" hard drive and you wanted to replace the secondary hard drive. The primary (OS) drive is a pair of 128GB SSD running in RAID 0 and would be very difficult to replace as they are connected to the port and if removed their would be no connector for the new drive.If you hard drive is a 2.5" laptop drive of at least 1TB and 5400 RPM or greater replacing the secondary HDD should be a fine. If it smaller or slower then the supplied secondary or even just the same, just getting an enclosure and transferring the file over might be a better option. Yes, as long as you external HDD is a laptop 2.5" hard drive and you wanted to replace the secondary hard drive. The primary (OS) drive is a pair of 128GB SSD running in RAID 0 and would be very difficult to replace as they are connected to the port and if removed their would be no connector for the new drive.If you hard drive is a 2.5" laptop drive of at least 1TB and 5400 RPM or greater replacing the secondary HDD should be a fine. If it smaller or slower then the supplied secondary or even just the same, just getting an enclosure and transferring the file over might... » Read More Yes, as long as you external HDD is a laptop 2.5" hard drive and you wanted to replace the secondary hard drive. The primary (OS) drive is a pair of 128GB SSD running in RAID 0 and would be very difficult to replace as they are connected to the port and if removed their would be no connector for the new drive.If you hard drive is a 2.5" laptop drive of at least 1TB and 5400 RPM or greater replacing the secondary HDD should be a fine. If it smaller or slower then the supplied secondary or even just the same, just getting an enclosure and transferring the file over might be a better option. « Show Less
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The one shown here houses an IDE drive and it appears yours is an SATA The one in the link below will work.2.5-Inch USB 2.0 Aluminum External SATA Hard Drive Enclosure (Silver)
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To my knowledge that is handled by your bios and the hdd itself. So as long as your mobo and hdd are smart compatible the enclosure dosnt figure into it.
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Yes; I have extracted a number of laptop drives from dead laptops and used in this manner. Any drive enclosure made for appropriate drive type will work.
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You should be able to replace the optical disc drive with a hard drive caddy. Else, you have to swap out your main hard disk. There is another mSATA slot (at least mine had it) that can fit a 25mm mSATA drive. I used a 50mm drive but I had to tape it down check this link for more details http://www.insidemylaptop.com/taking-apart-asus-q550lf-bbi7t07/ On a side note though, this laptop is kind of dated (first came out more than a year ago I think). Unless you're getting this for a really good deal, there might be better options. Still pretty sweet at ~600 though.
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no room for HDD because existing one stands on end. I do not know how much room optical drive takes.
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My drive (Hitachi HDD) was 70mm (2.75") and fits snuggly in the caddy; the caddy came with small screws which retain the drive through holes located in a place which appeared standard to receive the SATA drive.
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You can as long as where your present Hard drive is incaged. Me I found that an enclosed case (Metal box case) you cannot use this item because it sticks out to far. Hope this helps.
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Yes it will, I use 500gig and 1 TB hard drives on my laptops. If your system is already loaded you can image the drive.