3.5" to 2.5" male IDE Adapter ?
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From: - Bobb - on 13 Dec 2009 18:11 Nephew's PC developed a bad connection where power brick goes into Gateway laptop and when he plugged it in, he got MBR error so my phone rang. I put his drive in my desktop and couldn't see the drive. I put back in his PC and I could boot XP CD to recovery console. I could see drive, but when I tried fixboot / fdisk/mbr / diags - the HDD is fried - most blocks are "bad blocks" when I try to format. I thought I try an old drive, but then realized that I gave away the old (small) IDE laptop drives that I had, so before buying a new laptop drive, I'd like to make sure that the rest of PC is OK. Gateway disk connector is female 2.5 " IDE. I have plenty of 3.5 inch IDE drives and figured maybe I could use one of them to install / check out his PC. I checked and have various 3.5" adapters but not a male 2.5 to 3.5" adapter. Anyone know where I can get one? Google only got me 2.5 to 3.5 inch adapters and none with a male 2.5" end. Even a 2.5 inch male to male connector would work Before you say " why would you want to hook up a big drive as a primary laptop drive ?" It would be just to hook it up, do an XP install and run it a while before spending $75 on a laptop drive only to find out it won't work. (He bought it used and has no CD. Would my full copy of XP install on his Gateway if I use his license? If not - then no need for new drive either.)
From: JD on 13 Dec 2009 18:22 - Bobb - wrote: > Nephew's PC developed a bad connection where power brick goes into Gateway > laptop and when he plugged it in, he got MBR error so my phone rang. > I put his drive in my desktop and couldn't see the drive. I put back in his > PC and I could boot XP CD to recovery console. I could see drive, but when I > tried fixboot / fdisk/mbr / diags - the HDD is fried - most blocks are "bad > blocks" when I try to format. I thought I try an old drive, but then > realized that I gave away the old (small) IDE laptop drives that I had, so > before buying a new laptop drive, I'd like to make sure that the rest of PC > is OK. > > Gateway disk connector is female 2.5 " IDE. I have plenty of 3.5 inch IDE > drives and figured maybe I could use one of them to install / check out his > PC. I checked and have various 3.5" adapters but not a male 2.5 to 3.5" > adapter. Anyone know where I can get one? Google only got me 2.5 to 3.5 inch > adapters and none with a male 2.5" end. Even a 2.5 inch male to male > connector would work > > Before you say " why would you want to hook up a big drive as a primary > laptop drive ?" It would be just to hook it up, do an XP install and run it > a while before spending $75 on a laptop drive only to find out it won't > work. (He bought it used and has no CD. Would my full copy of XP install on > his Gateway if I use his license? If not - then no need for new drive > either.) > > > > Hi Bobb What about using a Live CD instead, or booting from a usb stick ? JD
From: - Bobb - on 13 Dec 2009 19:04 "JD" <No.Reply(a)Sorry.com> wrote in message news:4b2576bc$0$2526$da0feed9(a)news.zen.co.uk... >- Bobb - wrote: >> Nephew's PC developed a bad connection where power brick goes into >> Gateway laptop and when he plugged it in, he got MBR error so my phone >> rang. >> I put his drive in my desktop and couldn't see the drive. I put back in >> his PC and I could boot XP CD to recovery console. I could see drive, but >> when I tried fixboot / fdisk/mbr / diags - the HDD is fried - most blocks >> are "bad blocks" when I try to format. I thought I try an old drive, but >> then realized that I gave away the old (small) IDE laptop drives that I >> had, so before buying a new laptop drive, I'd like to make sure that the >> rest of PC is OK. >> >> Gateway disk connector is female 2.5 " IDE. I have plenty of 3.5 inch IDE >> drives and figured maybe I could use one of them to install / check out >> his PC. I checked and have various 3.5" adapters but not a male 2.5 to >> 3.5" adapter. Anyone know where I can get one? Google only got me 2.5 to >> 3.5 inch adapters and none with a male 2.5" end. Even a 2.5 inch male to >> male connector would work >> >> Before you say " why would you want to hook up a big drive as a primary >> laptop drive ?" It would be just to hook it up, do an XP install and run >> it a while before spending $75 on a laptop drive only to find out it >> won't work. (He bought it used and has no CD. Would my full copy of XP >> install on his Gateway if I use his license? If not - then no need for >> new drive either.) >> >> >> >> > > Hi Bobb > What about using a Live CD instead, or booting from a usb stick ? > > JD I did boot/ use Knoppix CD - PC worked , but not useful to owner that way though. Need to know about XP license issue too. So I'd like to let it run XP for a while (using a spare IDE drive) before spending the money ( pc owner wants XP on the laptop so I'd like to make it work on a table first)
From: JD on 13 Dec 2009 19:44 - Bobb - wrote: > "JD" <No.Reply(a)Sorry.com> wrote in message > news:4b2576bc$0$2526$da0feed9(a)news.zen.co.uk... >> - Bobb - wrote: >>> Nephew's PC developed a bad connection where power brick goes into >>> Gateway laptop and when he plugged it in, he got MBR error so my phone >>> rang. >>> I put his drive in my desktop and couldn't see the drive. I put back in >>> his PC and I could boot XP CD to recovery console. I could see drive, but >>> when I tried fixboot / fdisk/mbr / diags - the HDD is fried - most blocks >>> are "bad blocks" when I try to format. I thought I try an old drive, but >>> then realized that I gave away the old (small) IDE laptop drives that I >>> had, so before buying a new laptop drive, I'd like to make sure that the >>> rest of PC is OK. >>> >>> Gateway disk connector is female 2.5 " IDE. I have plenty of 3.5 inch IDE >>> drives and figured maybe I could use one of them to install / check out >>> his PC. I checked and have various 3.5" adapters but not a male 2.5 to >>> 3.5" adapter. Anyone know where I can get one? Google only got me 2.5 to >>> 3.5 inch adapters and none with a male 2.5" end. Even a 2.5 inch male to >>> male connector would work >>> >>> Before you say " why would you want to hook up a big drive as a primary >>> laptop drive ?" It would be just to hook it up, do an XP install and run >>> it a while before spending $75 on a laptop drive only to find out it >>> won't work. (He bought it used and has no CD. Would my full copy of XP >>> install on his Gateway if I use his license? If not - then no need for >>> new drive either.) >>> >>> >>> >>> >> Hi Bobb >> What about using a Live CD instead, or booting from a usb stick ? >> >> JD > > I did boot/ use Knoppix CD - PC worked , but not useful to owner that way > though. > Need to know about XP license issue too. So I'd like to let it run XP for a > while (using a spare IDE drive) before spending the money > ( pc owner wants XP on the laptop so I'd like to make it work on a table > first) > > > > Ahh I see You want this then IDE to 2.5 Inch drive adapter cable. (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Euronetwork-drive-laptop-adaptor-cable/dp/B000BB0DDC/ref=pd_sim_ce_1) JD
From: JD on 14 Dec 2009 04:24
JD wrote: > - Bobb - wrote: >> "JD" <No.Reply(a)Sorry.com> wrote in message >> news:4b2576bc$0$2526$da0feed9(a)news.zen.co.uk... >>> - Bobb - wrote: >>>> Nephew's PC developed a bad connection where power brick goes into >>>> Gateway laptop and when he plugged it in, he got MBR error so my >>>> phone rang. >>>> I put his drive in my desktop and couldn't see the drive. I put back >>>> in his PC and I could boot XP CD to recovery console. I could see >>>> drive, but when I tried fixboot / fdisk/mbr / diags - the HDD is >>>> fried - most blocks are "bad blocks" when I try to format. I thought >>>> I try an old drive, but then realized that I gave away the old >>>> (small) IDE laptop drives that I had, so before buying a new laptop >>>> drive, I'd like to make sure that the rest of PC is OK. >>>> >>>> Gateway disk connector is female 2.5 " IDE. I have plenty of 3.5 >>>> inch IDE drives and figured maybe I could use one of them to install >>>> / check out his PC. I checked and have various 3.5" adapters but >>>> not a male 2.5 to 3.5" adapter. Anyone know where I can get one? >>>> Google only got me 2.5 to 3.5 inch adapters and none with a male >>>> 2.5" end. Even a 2.5 inch male to male connector would work >>>> >>>> Before you say " why would you want to hook up a big drive as a >>>> primary laptop drive ?" It would be just to hook it up, do an XP >>>> install and run it a while before spending $75 on a laptop drive >>>> only to find out it won't work. (He bought it used and has no CD. >>>> Would my full copy of XP install on his Gateway if I use his >>>> license? If not - then no need for new drive either.) >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> Hi Bobb >>> What about using a Live CD instead, or booting from a usb stick ? >>> >>> JD >> >> I did boot/ use Knoppix CD - PC worked , but not useful to owner that >> way though. >> Need to know about XP license issue too. So I'd like to let it run XP >> for a while (using a spare IDE drive) before spending the money >> ( pc owner wants XP on the laptop so I'd like to make it work on a >> table first) >> >> >> >> > > Ahh I see > You want this then IDE to 2.5 Inch drive adapter cable. > > (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Euronetwork-drive-laptop-adaptor-cable/dp/B000BB0DDC/ref=pd_sim_ce_1) > > > JD my mistake, this is not what you want, I saw the pic and assumed it was for connecting 3.5" HDD to laptop but its just another cable for putting laptop drive in a PC. Think your only option is to use a US HDD Caddy. JD |