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    HDD for optical drive bay?

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by Neverwinter, Apr 14, 2007.

  1. Neverwinter

    Neverwinter Notebook Guru

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    Does anyone know if there is a way to convert the optical drive bay into a HDD storage?
     
    Neverwinter, Apr 14, 2007
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  2. FREN

    FREN Hi, I'm a PC. NBR Reviewer

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    Yeah, buy a 5.25" to 3.5" converter box.
     
    FREN, Apr 14, 2007
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    What make/model of laptop?
     
    vespoli, Apr 14, 2007
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    FREN Hi, I'm a PC. NBR Reviewer

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    My brain is stuck in desktop land. I second what Vespoli said ^^

    If it's a desktop, go with my suggestion above. If it's a laptop, then you have to check the model and make of the laptop. Only a few laptops support a "hot swappable" optical bay (what Asus calls it), and they're usually found in business notebooks, such as the Asus V1 or the Thinkpad T60.
     
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    villageman Notebook Evangelist

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    You just need a HD caddy.
    All HP businness laptops that accept multibay I drives can have the optical replaced by a HDD.
     
    villageman, Apr 14, 2007
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    Woops. I can't believe I forgot to mention the laptop model. It's a Dell Inspiron 700m. Thanks.
     
    Neverwinter, Apr 14, 2007
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    You have luck.
     
    villageman, Apr 15, 2007
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    Thanks for the info. I will have to look for it sometime soon...
     
    Neverwinter, Apr 15, 2007
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