I have a 2.5 inch notebook hard drive, and a 2.5 inch external hard drive enclosure, and the problem is that the hard drive won't fit inside the enclosure ^ Top of the HD ^ Bottom of the HD ^ Inside the external HD enclosure It's possible to unscrew the metal casing around the HD, but even if I do, the black plastic part on top keeps it from being small enough to fit inside the enclosure Anyone have any ideas on how to fit it inside? (I'm not sure if I can take out the top part of the HD)
going by the pictures, you still have the laptop drive bay bracket attached to the drive. remove it by undoing the 4 screws, 2 on each side of the drive.
I can, but it still doesn't fit because of the top black portion. Removing the bracket does nothing to remove the blocking part
you have your tops & bottoms reversed as the top is the silver top with the writing on it. take that bracket off then repost the bottom of the drive to see what the black thing is. i have a toshiba 2.5" drive in my hand & it does not have that black thing.
Well it came as a replacement for my hp pavilion dv9640us, if that helps ^ Bottom (Casing off) ^ Top (Casing off) ^ Closeup of the black part (Casing off)
Question here, since I don't know much about laptops. Are there different enclosures for laptops like for regular PC's? Meaning are there SATA enclosures and IDE enclosures, and do you have the right one for the drive?
The enclosure that I have is this one: http://www.amazon.com/CompUSA-External-Hard-Drive-Enclosure/dp/B0010DPEMK/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1212940461&sr=1-1 (my hd is sata too)
i see what the problem is now on the new #1 picture. that connector comes off the drive as it is an adapter. on the new #1 picture, i can just see the seperation line where that adapter comes away from the drive. i paid $13.50Can after discount for my enclosure that i needed for a customer's drive when vista crashed & she had half a days work needed off that drive. laptop Product Specifications link http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/...=ca&dlc=en&product=3548568&rule=19716&lang=en
so...I just...pull? Are you sure about this? Yep, just had to pull hard on it, and it came off. Thanks for the help everyone!
