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    UltraBay Hard Drive Adapter/Rubber Rails/External UltraBay DVD Enclosure?

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by K_Wall_24, Jul 4, 2012.

  1. K_Wall_24

    K_Wall_24 Notebook Evangelist

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    I'm looking for an Ultrabay adapter for putting a hard drive in the 12.7mm bay of a W530, rubber rails for a 7mm drive, and perhaps an external USB enclosure for the original optical disc drive. Where would be best to buy these parts for cheap in Canada?
     
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    UltraBay HDD caddy adapter here.

    External USB HDD enclosure (multiple choices) here.
     
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    Sorry, meant original optical drive. Edited main post to clarify. Thanks for the speedy response though :)
     
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    For the UltraBay optical drive, you need a slimline SATA to USB connector like this.

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    For an enclosure/adapter, a possible Canadian vendor here.
     
    Kaso, Jul 4, 2012
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