can this desktop drive be used for a laptop?????? Want to buy this since my laptop only has 35 gb left-will it work on a laptop???
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Hi Melanie, I have a laptop and have plugged in both Iomega and WD external drives as well as thumb drives with no problems whatsoever, and they can read/write back and forth as you deem.
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I think the only thing you have to worry about is the type of interface your laptop supports. This drive is an IDE interface, so if the specs on your laptop say it supports an IDE drive interface you should be fine...
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Yes, these drives can be used in a desktop computer. I bought 15 of them to put into computers I was building for the office.
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This will work in any desktop with an open SATA port, but this NAS drive is especially suited to devices that will run 24x7 (like a NAS, or Network Attached Storage device). Seagate makes another version of this drive that might be a less expensive alternative for a "normal" desktop.
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It will work on any PC or laptop, it is an external hard drive . It doesn't have operating system. Kind of like a flash drive but with way more storage. I love mine , all you do is hook it to usb , copy and paste
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No. This not a laptop-size hard drive. It would fit in a desktop computer. I bought it to serve as a back-up drive that I can keep safe off-site. It fits in an Anker hard drive dock that I bought specifically to create back-ups.
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This 3.5" drive is for a desktop or for an external enclosure. You would need a (2.5") drive for a laptop
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for a desktop you better use a conventional 2.5" SSD drive. with XP you'll experience further problems, cause XP is not able to handle SSD as it should. read more in internet
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This is a 3 1/2 inch drive. Most laptops use 2 1/2 inch drive. In short, it is not suitable for laptop.
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I installed mine in my desktop machine and it works great. I liked it so much I purchased another one for my laptop and it works there as well. The only catch is that you laptop has the space, check and see if what is already in there is a 2.5" HD, if so then it should be no problem.
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This Drive is for laptops, and is available in a package that nicely fits inside the laptop. However, for fitting this is a Desktop, you shall have to buy a mounting bracket externally.
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This is a "bare drive" and must used in in a "host" device that has a SATA controller - such as a PC (either stand-alone or on a network), or in a NAS box on a network. It is designed for NAS applications but would work okay in a regular desktop computer with a SATA interface (but not in an older IDE interface). This will not fit into a laptop. You will need to add both power and SATA cables to your purchase if you buy this since they are not included with this had drive.
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no it's a piece of junk send it back. I tried it in 3 different computers with 4 different drives emailed to me from the company and never got it to work. All I got for the seller was a sorry and to send it back to some place in China at my own expense. also they have poor tech support not really knowing their product.
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From what I have seen.. it really doesnt need anything more than a working drive..if you could either remove the laptop drive or be able to access it .. from another source.. just like dumping to a USB.. It would seem to work.. yes. The device is very very simple to operate and from the source it walks you through the download.
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Not being completely familiar with the internals of the device. I am also unable to find a perfect picture of the internals. What i will say is this drive is a standard laptop drive and if that is what that device uses then it will work. You will need to format the drive with windows in some way if you dont have a means on the device itself.
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Sorry this drive is a 3.5" which will not fit in the space of 2.5" which most laptops use. It is a great drive for my MacPro desktop. It starts up much faster than standard hard drive.
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I am using it for a 350gb. I wouldn't think the capacity of the drive would be an issue, but then I'm not IT.Hope this is of some help.