Are all laptop harddrives the same?

[Final Maxim]

need a new harddrive in a laptop, dropped it out, no wires, just plugs straight into a block thing

 

[Pettsi]

Could be IDE or a SATA drive

 

[Final Maxim]

and thats the only difference between the drives, same as desktops?

 

[Rob_]

It will be an IDE unless its a farely new top spec laptop

Can replacewith normal 5400rpm hd or a 7400rpm hd if you want a bit of a performance increase

 

[Pettsi]

and thats the only difference between the drives, same as desktops?

Nope they are smaller.

Laptops are 2.5"
Desktops are 3.5"


http://www.ebuyer.com/store/Components/cat/Hard-Drives

 

[Final Maxim]

Nope they are smaller.

Laptops are 2.5"
Desktops are 3.5"


http://www.ebuyer.com/store/Components/cat/Hard-Drives

no i meant like only difference between them both is ide and sata on desktop and laptop

cheers

 

[Chrisjk]

I have found that a dell and packard bell(i think) had different power connectors, one being male the other being female.

 

[Final Maxim]

this is a medion

pretty old thing, 256mb ram beast

 

[Daz]

Could have an adapter between the HDD and the laptop.

If it's old, it'll be ATA - take it out and have a look.

I'm guessing if it just plugs into "a block thing" then it'll just be ATA like this? http://pictures.kyozou.com/pictures/_6/5273/5272056.jpg

If it's really small, then it might also have a 1.8" HDD..

 

[Mike_182]

Dell (and other brands) use adapters similar to this to make it easier to pull the disk out and put it back without bending the pins, but underneath they're just normal ATA drives. 1.8" HDDs are an absolute sow though, as you can get ZIF ones, 44-pin, allsorts. And they're massively expensive if you're unlucky, and even more impossible to get hold of.

 

[Nigel]

You can also get 2 height 2.5" drives. I think one is 9.5mm and the other is 12.7mm.