Adding older hard drive to Studio 1735

Question

I am trying to add my 60 gb hard drive from my inspiron 6000 laptop to my second hard drive bay in my studio 1735.  I purchased the caddy and interposer kit from dell but the interposer doesn't work with the older drive.  I am not verycomputer savy.  The second hard drive has pins as a connector which reminds me of some older hard drives I have seen for desktop computers.  the interposer that came with the kit almost looks like two seperated slots.  Am I out of luck or is there a fix.  What can I give you to make this question clearer?

ejn63 · Answer

You cannot use the drive. The new system accepts only SATA drives, and the 6000 drive is EIDE - completely incompatible. You can use the drive by mounting it in a USB 2.0 external case, but you can't use it internally.

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