Comments on: Can I use parts from my laptop in my desktop? http://www.askageek.com/2009/07/01/can-i-use-parts-from-my-laptop-in-my-desktop/ Where Geeks Answer Your Computer and Tech Questions! Fri, 20 Nov 2009 23:41:40 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: Mark http://www.askageek.com/2009/07/01/can-i-use-parts-from-my-laptop-in-my-desktop/comment-page-1/#comment-9349 Mark Wed, 01 Jul 2009 12:12:33 +0000 http://www.askageek.com/?p=3365#comment-9349 Maybe, but it will probably be more trouble than it's worth. You might be able to get the hard drive to work, but you'd need to buy a mounting kit like the <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00008VF4A?ie=UTF8&tag=askageek-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B00008VF4A" rel="nofollow">Startech BRACKET25 2.5" to 3.5" Hard Drive Adapter kit</a> to get it to even work. Laptop drives tend to be slow and small, so that money spent on an adapter kit would probably be better off put toward a new hard drive for the desktop. Maybe, but it will probably be more trouble than it’s worth.

You might be able to get the hard drive to work, but you’d need to buy a mounting kit like the Startech BRACKET25 2.5″ to 3.5″ Hard Drive Adapter kit to get it to even work.

Laptop drives tend to be slow and small, so that money spent on an adapter kit would probably be better off put toward a new hard drive for the desktop.

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