Will an IDE hard drive work in a 3.5" HDD enclosure?

Discussion in 'General Chat' started by wvccboy, Oct 20, 2007.

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    I have a IDE laptop hard drive, which is like 2.5". Will this work inside a 3.5" enclosure or do I need specifically a 2.5" enclosure for it to load up.

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    wvccboy, Oct 20, 2007 IP
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    different connector (much smaller on 2.5") and therefore you'll need the 2.5" enclosure AFAIK.
     
    timsdd, Oct 20, 2007 IP