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    Installing external hard drive into laptop

    Discussion in 'HP' started by notebooko, Nov 20, 2011.

  1. notebooko

    notebooko Notebook Consultant

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    Does anyone know if the Seagate freeagent go 1 tb external hard drive will be able to be installed internally into the Envy 14?
     
    notebooko, Nov 20, 2011
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    absolutnick Notebook Enthusiast

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    if it is the portable 2.5" hard drive then you should have no problem installing it internally!
     
    absolutnick, Nov 20, 2011
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    notebooko Notebook Consultant

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    I did some research and I think the max height for a harddrive the Envy can hold is 9.5mm. The hard drive inside the seagate freeagent go 1tb isnt 9.5 or even 12mm its a whopping 13.5 mm so I guess I won't be putting this in my Envy!

    EDIT: I can't find anywhere to justify that the max height an Envy 14 can handle for its hard drive is 9.5mm because I know it is using a hard drive bracket so I'm guessing it can handle thicker than 9.5mm. Does anyone have any insight on this?
     
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    vic_doom69 Notebook Consultant

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    i bought a western digital portable 2 1/2 in drive once and opened to case to put it internal and it had a circuit board attatched to it with the usb plug. there was no sata plug at all on it. dont know if the seagates are different though
     
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  5. notebooko

    notebooko Notebook Consultant

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    I watched a disassembly of a Seagate 2.5" portable hdd and it was a regular sata.
     
    notebooko, Nov 21, 2011
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    jimbob83 Notebook Evangelist

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    I've done this with a Hitachi drive and it had a board too, but the drive itself was just a regular SATA one plugged into the board. I unplugged the drive from the board, installed it into a laptop, and it worked with no problems.
     
    jimbob83, Nov 21, 2011
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    capflya Newbie

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    x2.... I've pulled drives out of portable enclosures a couple times and this was my experience as well.

    Not sure why it would have a different interface. Usually it's just a small circuit board with the USB plug and it has a SATA plug on the other end that has power and data to plug in to the drive.
     
    capflya, Nov 27, 2011
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