I checked the Toshiba and the edge-card socket is soldered directly to a circuit board; no adapters are used.
IT Worked!! I am now using the new hard drive. A big THANK YOU to CarolinaMike for the link; it took less than fifteen minutes to do the job.
Thank you, CM; that appears to be just what I can use. Actually, I got as far as the fourth step but I was afraid of breaking that plastic piece...
The EIDE drive has two rows of pins while the ATA uses an edge-card connection.
It is a "hp pavilion n5425 notebook pc" according to the sticker on the front.
...to transfer everything from my laptop's 20g drive to a new 120g drive and it worked as advertised. However, HP in all of its wisdom, makes the...
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