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2.5" SSD in a 3.5" desktop drive bay normal?

I'm a little out of touch with modern desktop builds, but I recently built a new machine anyway. I want to pick up a SSD for my I/O intensive apps (EverQuest 2 and Flash CS4 mostly), but I'm having trouble finding any in the 3.5" form factor. Is…
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How to check whether a laptop has two hard drive bays?

I want to buy a new laptop. I have a SSD on my old Toshiba A300 which has two hard drive bays and I'm really happy with it. Now I want to have two bays on my new laptop, too, so I can use both HDD and SSD at once. Is there a way to understand if…
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Installing a 3.5" hard drive in a 2.5" bay?

I know this question seems ridiculous, but my server (actually a Mini-ITX computer) has a 2.5" hard drive bay and an empty CD-ROM bay underneath it. If I removed the hard drive bay, I could probably mount a 3.5" hard drive in the CD-ROM bay which is…
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How can I attach 10 hard drives to my computer?

I am not very familiar with high-end computer hardware. Currently I have 7-8 USB hard drives. I find it very messy to attach them to computer with 8 USB cables and then 8 power adapters and then USB hub. Is there any rack or anything available so…
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Can I use a pre-Unibody optical bay adapter in a Unibody MacBook Pro?

I have a 3rd-party drive adapter which allows me to put a 2nd hard drive in the optical drive bay of a 2008 MacBook Pro. I'm looking at getting a 2010 Unibody MacBook Pro; is this adapter likely to be compatible, or will I have to buy a new one?
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Obtaining a SATA Disk Password from an RDX drive bay

I have a bunch of RDX backup cartridges and, given that they contain standard 2.5" SATA drives, I recently wanted to open them in order to be able to use the drives outside of the proprietary drive bay. However, after connecting the drives directly…
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2nd HDD/SSD DVD caddy for HP Pavilion dv5 1080eh laptop

I want to add a 2nd hard drive (SSD) to my HP Pavilion dv5 1080eh laptop. I don't need the optical drive, so I want to buy a caddy (if it's the proper name, or maybe odd box). I found one here:…
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Thermaltake VH6000BWS hard drive bay upgrade

I got the VH6000BWS and I have used up all standard 3.5" bays. how can I use the ones in the front? Is there a product to make them usable for Hard drives all in one? Hotswap and that kind of stuff would be nice but is not necessary.
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How to properly insert/eject a drive from a hotswap bay?

I have a SATA disk I want to use into an ICYDOCK bay (hotswap capable and hotswap enabled into the BIOS) that has a power button for the disk. When I want to insert the disk on a running windows 10 : I ensure the bay if powered off I insert the…
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Will new-style Coolermaster 4 in 3 modules fit an older Stacker 810 case?

Will a new style 4 in 3 module (STB-3T4-E3-GP, a drive bay converter to convert 3x 5.25" bays into 4x 3.5" bays) fit an older style Stacker 810 case - in particular does anyone have first-hand experience of this?
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Change devices in optical bay on the fly?

I'm wondering if there is any harm (e.g risk of data loss) in changing the device in my optical bay (e.g. from optical drive to HDD), while my operating system (BSD, Linux or Windows) is running? I would of course unmount the HDD or SSD in the…
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Can the system boot from HDD connected with Optical Drive Caddy?

I have a Dell Vostro 3546 Laptop, which is now 3 yrs old. It was not powering on (4 to 5 months back) and I had it repaired by a local technician though, the power issue was fixed but a new issue took place, the system wasn't (and still) detecting…
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Correct name of the laptop inner port / bay

what is the correct description for this inner port of my laptop? What is it for? Thanks!
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Extracting a RAID controller from a rackmount server - possible for mere mortals?

I recently obtained a surplus rackmount server, but it is BIG and HEAVY and LOUD. 6 fans in parallel, its nuts. It also has a bunch of really good hard drives (8 x 500gb) and I'm all like... dang... that would make one heck of a plex media server…
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