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    Using 2nd Drive Caddy in old Inspiron

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by atrix415, Oct 23, 2009.

  1. atrix415

    atrix415 Notebook Enthusiast

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    hi, wonder would this be possible I have an older Inspiron 5150 (ide only) I dont believe it has sata hardware or drivers support. But would I be able to boot off an sata drive if I put it in a 2nd drive caddy (where the cdrw slot is currently)?
     
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  2. Commander Wolf

    Commander Wolf can i haz broadwell?

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    You will need a drive caddy with some sort of PATA to SATA adapter... and not just that; it'll need to interface with whatever PATA connector your old optical drive had. Definitely possible, but probably hard to find parts.
     
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