Connecting a 3.5 SATA HDD to a Laptop

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I currently have an HP Pavilion dv5 laptop with a faulty drive, and a few spare and functional 3.5 desktop drives I'd like to connect to the laptop in order to use it. I want to use this laptop as a desktop (never moving it), and I have enough space in my home desk for the laptop, the drive and all the wiring it might need.
I am worried about the amount of power the disk might need from the laptop, and I'd like some suggestions about what can I do about it.

Pd. Using a HDD to USB is not on my plans. I want to use this drive as the main drive of the laptop, with Windows and all that stuff.

Thank you.
 
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There isn't a lot you can do about the power draw. A 3.5" drive pulls significantly more than a 2.5" or SSD.

Plus, the connection would be an issue. There might be standard SATA ports, but maybe not.
If there are, you'd have to snake the SATA data and power through the side of the laptop case, out to the 3.5" that would be sitting on your desk.
But that is of no consequence, because the laptop won't drive the 3.5" directly off the internal SATA connections.

Time to just get a new internal drive for that laptop.
2.5" spinner, or SSD.
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You likely will have to use an external drive enclosure. The drive connectors inside laptops are not the same type as a regular desktop. They are generally either soldered directly to the logic boards, or use small custom size flat ribbon cables. Also, the wattage required to get 3.5" disks up and running is a fair bit more than the 2.5" drives that are in laptops. If you really must use the laptop, than spend the money, and get a replacement drive for that laptop.
 
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There isn't a lot you can do about the power draw. A 3.5" drive pulls significantly more than a 2.5" or SSD.

Plus, the connection would be an issue. There might be standard SATA ports, but maybe not.
If there are, you'd have to snake the SATA data and power through the side of the laptop case, out to the 3.5" that would be sitting on your desk.
But that is of no consequence, because the laptop won't drive the 3.5" directly off the internal SATA connections.

Time to just get a new internal drive for that laptop.
2.5" spinner, or SSD.
 
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