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Connect an unpowered sata drive to hp laptop esata port?

by FrankKittle Jul 17, 2009 1:32AM PDT

I have an HP Pavilion dv5 Notebook PC and it has an esata port. I have an sata drive from a dead desktop. I know I can buy a cable with an sata connector on one end and an esata connection on the other. Is that all I need? Is and enclosure for the sata drive necessary to provide power, or does the notebook supply the power?

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The cables I've seen

by r. proffitt Former Forum moderator Jul 17, 2009 1:39AM PDT

Are data only. However this is what I use to avoid issues -> http://www.geeks.com/details.asp?invtid=2020-OTB&cat=HDD

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