Can i switch harddrives with my computer?

i have an old computer laying around with about a 40 gig hard drive. I don't feel like buying one at the moment. Can i strip the hard drive out of it and use it for my xbox? my xbox is v. 1.1 and my dashboard is UnleashX

 

do you know what model the hard drive in your computer is?

 

lol, i'll have to get back to you on that. is there any way to find out without pulling it out?

 

You can go into My Computer, right click on the drive, go to Properties, then go to the Hardware tab. The hard drive name and model should be right there.

 

looks like it's an IBM-DTLA

 

I don't personally own an Xbox, so I don't know any further steps, but I would assume you should use that info about the HDD to see if it's compatible with the Xbox and that program you are using.

 

yeah, if that hard drive can be locked it should work

 

well i put it in google. and a computer store was selling the same type, and so i hit item description. and it runs at 7200rpm which i know is required.

 

it doesn't say anything about being able to be locked/unlocked