Posted by Oli on February 24, 19101 at 11:18:57:
In Reply to: Laptop Hard Drive and Normal HDD's posted by Rodney Minter on November 01, 19100 at 15:53:11:
: Can a Toshiba Laptop Hard Drive (mk1301mav) be used with a standard hard disk in a PC ?
You can easily attach a normal harddrive from your desktop pc to any notebook (2,5") HDD.
I did it with a Toshiba MK6411 MAT and a MK1403 MAV.
But you need a 44 Pin to 40 Pin adaptor so you can plug it in your 2,5" HDD.
In Germany it costs about 15,- to 20,- DM.
Then you hav to know that you can't jumper it to slave mode. They only work in master mode. (if anybody knows better I would be glad to know)
So I do opperate my normal HD in slave mode and have the adapter ready for attaching my notebook hd. Then I have much faster access to the data. As the HDD is settled in a little carrybox that can be disconnected quickly.
Hope it helps
Oli