Transferring laptop hard drive to my desktop

Salil

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Hello All,
I had a Dell Inspiron 9100 Laptop that had a 2.5" Fujitsu hard drive. I got a standard 2.5" to 3.5" IDE adaptor. However, it doesn't fit my laptop hard drive because the connectors are different. I can't seem to find the connectors on my laptop hard drive anywhere on the web and it seems to be very different from the connectors on other 2.5" hard drives I see on the web. Here is an image of the connectors on my laptop hard drive
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and here is the adaptor I got from amazon http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00...ef=oss_product. Please do let me know what sort of adaptor should I get to connect this 2.5" harddrive to my desktop
 

corkyg

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And here's another example of what PottedMeat said. This is a H-P caddy and 90 degree pin adapter.
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Oh, and you also have to remove the bare drive from the proprietary caddy used by the laptop. Look for 4 screws. One in each corner area.
 
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