Add an old hard drive to H535
Hello:
I just bought a Lenovo H535, win. 8 after my old Dell Dimension 3000 died and want to place the Dell hard drive into my H535 cabinet but it seems the electrical connections are very different on the H535. The Dell hard drive lines up with the mounting screw holes but the electrical connections are very different from the existing H535 connections so how can I either connect up the old Dell hard drive or take the data off of it.
Thanks for your responses on this,
Jim
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hi jimrich,
Dell Dimension is using the OLD 3.5" PATA IDE HDD connection while Lenovo h535 Supports SATA DISK.
My suggestion is to get an enclosure, This way you will definitely still make use of the old HDD as your storage device,
you can check this
Now your old HDD can be connected through the USB.
Best regards,
Solid Cruver
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