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by tazzy79 on November 29th, 2007

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Can i plug a 5volt sata laptop drive into a normal sata power connector inside my tower to allow me to transfer data or do i need a 5volt to 12volt convertor?

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  • by Anonymous on June 22nd, 2008

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    All desktop power supplies provide both 12v and 5v power to hard drives. No adapter needed.

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  • by Florida26wm on June 22nd, 2008

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    Yes you can, It will be the same. I work for a large company and do this all the time for data. No need for a convertor as long as you have SATA in your desktop. also make sure it is the slave or CS.

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