The size is, of course, the big thing. You can get an adapter board that
will allow you to plug in IDE and power cables as if the drive were a
standard desktop unit. I bought one at an electronics store for about $15.
Paul Archer
> Is there a huge difference between laptop and standard hard drives?
> I was wondering if someone can plug a laptop hard drive into a standard IDE
> controller card with a special cable.
>
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