Sata Drives...

[Niloc]

I have a desktop with a SATA drive. I also have a laptop into which I installed a new SATA drive, so I have a working drive but how do I connect it into the desktop. do I buy some cables and simply hook them together.....

Any help appreciated

Colin

[lomatopo]

What are you trying to do? Transfer files between desktop and laptop?

Do you have any kind of network (WiFi, Router) available?

[monty]

You'd need something like this:

Or, if your desktop has an external sata port (e-sata), you could buy an external 2.5" drive enclosure with e-sata connectivity. Drive speed would be the same as connecting internal.

If you use an external enclosure and connect to your PC through a USB cable, you'll take a big performance hit...

[dave_boo]

Monty is correct....unless you have a spare SATA power connector hanging off your PSU. Also you're going to want to find a 2,5" -> 3,5" adapter unless you're ok with the drive hanging around in your case. Double sided tape can work in a pinch however.

[Tywais]

Not clear what you are trying to do. I just bought one of these (see below). It supports two SATA drives both 2.5 & 3.5". Has eSATA and USB connector plus cables.

[Niloc]

Monty is correct....unless you have a spare SATA power connector hanging off your PSU. Also you're going to want to find a 2,5" -> 3,5" adapter unless you're ok with the drive hanging around in your case. Double sided tape can work in a pinch however.

Thanks everyone, what I want to do is double my HD capacity using the SATA drive from the laptop, I think I will go to a hardware man and ask his advice. The cable looks like what I want. I am using linux but considering going backwards to Windows as I want to use Delphi and it needs Windows.to compile...

Colin

[BB1950]

SATA data cables are not like IDE data cables in which you can daisy chain two drives off one IDE connector.

Each SATA data cable must connect to a separate plug on the mother board or SATA PCI adapter (if you have an older motherboard that doesn't have SATA support).

Motherboards in a desktop computer that have SATA support have 4-8 SATA connecters. One for each SATA drive.