Author Topic: Dimensions of hard drives (Read 697 times)

daveeb · « **on:** April 05, 2005, 10:42 »

I was just about to order an external firewire HD caddy when i realised they came in different sizes. 2.5 " 3.5 " and 5.25 ". I assume that the measurement applies to the WIDTH of the device, so presumably a conventional desktop hard drive will require a 5.25 " caddy and the smaller sizes are for laptop hard drives. Can anyone confirm this or tell me i'm totally wrong :roll:

EDIT...on reflection is the 5.25 " for dvd rom/rw and 3.5 " for desktop drives and the 2.5 " for laptop drives.

daveeb · « **Reply #1 on:** April 05, 2005, 10:52 »

Just to answer my own question....5.25 for optical drives, 3.5 for hard drives

Sandra · « **Reply #2 on:** April 05, 2005, 13:12 »

Yes youre correct about the optical, desktop and laptop drives Dave.
I learned to my cost last year that laptop hard drives while all being 2.5 inches wide, vary in thickness, I think there are 3 different thicknesses

I fitted a 10.5mm drive into an 8mm version and broke the floppy drive as I closed the case back up :shock:

daveeb · « **Reply #3 on:** April 05, 2005, 15:30 »

Quote from: "Sandra"

I fitted a 10.5mm drive into an 8mm version and broke the floppy drive as I closed the case back up :shock:

I think the whole thing would have gone out of the window if it had been me