Does this have a standard SATA drive inside that could be removed and installed in a laptop?
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Yes it does. It is a 5400RPM Hitachi drive that is 9MM tall and will fit in a MacBook Pro. Removing the drive from the case will absolutely break the retaining clips. It is designed this way and I've never seen a sprudger that could reach down into the opening and back 180 degrees to the clips. If you plan to use the enclosure with another 9mm drive, you can, but the case will not stay closed without something like a rubber band to secure it. It is too small for a 12mm drive to fit normally. There is a youtube video of a similar drive being opened here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UASTdM0a3I0
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Hello, this is a standard 320gb sata hard drive for laptop. As long as your computer supports SATA this should not be an issue. You may want to do more research on your laptop being compatible with sata drives.
2067908
Hello This is a standard laptop drive 2.5IN Therefore it should work in any standard laptop 2.5in SATA Connection.
967150
I personally have not used one in it. HOWEVER it does have a little slot to take 2.5" Hard drives. They still must be SATA drives though.
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Its an internal drive. It comes with brackets to screw it on inside the computer case.
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Yes, but it does state "General hard drive installations for most laptop. I purchase the hard drive but someone else put it in for me. Looking at the instructions it look like it is easy to do.
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not internally.. it's too thick... but you can install in an external enclosure. Make sure you buy one that can fit its height because it's thicker than the average 2.5" drives.
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Yup, most definitely. All modern laptops (the last 10 years+) use SATA type 2.5" hard drives.
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It does NOT, as it's an OEM product (bare bones, just the drive). You can pick up a SATA data cable from amazon or one of it's 3rd party amazon marketplace sellers.
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It is a normal SATA hard disk drive. You can buy it in any computer store.Regards
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Sorry do not understand question as this Hard Drive came ready to install in my laptop and has worked fine. Hope this helps
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Don't know - sorry - I am using mine as an external (e-sata) attached to a desktop.
2160644
I'm pretty sure that you can replace the 128GB SSD with a larger MSATA SSD. I have not done it myself, but I opened up the laptop and saw the MSATA that's in there. I didn't see any place to put an additional internal drive.
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sata cables are used, no need special cable and therefore does not come included.
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Please note that this particular laptop model is old now. MSI offers newer versions, but I don't know about the new laptops' capabilities of having hard drive additions or replacements. Most laptops including this one don't work that way. There is a connector in the drive bay (actually a depression) that the sata connector on the hard disk directly connects to. Mine shipped with the second drive caddy, or holder, in place in that depression. Other laptops have a connector on the caddy, or drive holding frame, that the hard drive directly connects to. Then the caddy plugs into the sata connector on the bay or depression. With many there are one or more screws to keep the drive from disconnecting.
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Yes. It is designed to fit standard sata drives. Screws were supplied with caddy.
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There is no magic here. There is a 3.5" SATA HDD inside the case. If you do a web search on 'teardown ST3000DM001' (or whatever model you choose) you can get instructions how to pull out the drive so you can install it inside any system. These are always cheaper than bare drives. Go figure. Of course you are likely to void your warranty in the process.