seperating WD raptor from it's 3.5" enclosure

[Referbo]

Hello friends,

I have a 300GB Wd 10k rpm raptor drive.

It's a 2.5" drive that seems to be hot glued into a 3.5" bay.

I have an SSD and I want to take the drive off, and put the SSD in the bay.

Possible with a heat gun? Anyone ever done this?

Here is a pic of what I'm talking about here.

The plan is use the SSD in my build, and use the old raptor drive to refurbish a broken laptop I have (Had cracked screen, replaced the screen, it's now missing a HDD)

I want to use the SSD in my rig, and I can market the laptop as 'WOW SUPER FAST 10K RPM drive'

This is what I'm talking about here.

http://www.legitreviews.com/images/reviews/699/wd_velociraptor_sata.jpg

 

[4745454b]

Never owned one, but I know what the adapters are. Aren't they screwed in at all? I'm not sure putting a 10K RPM drive into a laptop is a good idea.

 

[Referbo]

There seem to be 4 bolts on the back now that I look at it.

They are flushed to the back, not designed to be removed but maybe.

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41V7GCv99ML._SX425_.jpg

Here's the view inside... I see them there,

What's wrong with the 10k RPM in a laptop? Too much of a thermal profile? Laptop won't support?

It's mostly a marketing gimick, I don't care if preformance doesn't increase much,

 

[4745454b]

They would have to be flush or else it won't be able to slide into the bay. Yes, to much heat. Most laptops ship with 5400RPM drives, and can't handle the thermal output of a 10K drive. You might not care as long as it works long enough to sell, but the buyer might feel otherwise.

 

[ArtPog]

Wow! That's a new one!

The drive, as you know, is a WD VelociRaptor. While it does have the basic dimensions of a 2 1/2" drive in terms of its length & width, it is considerably thicker (height) than a 2 1/2" drive. And the dimensions do NOT include the SATA data/power connectors that apparently are adhered to the circuit board below the drive.

The VR is designed to be permanently encased so that it's fit for installation in a 3 1/2" bay. I cannot imagine there would be any practical way to separate the drive from its "case" so that it could be used as a 2 1/2" drive for installation in a laptop.

And, incidentally, even if it could be arranged, it seems to me it would be somewhat false advertising to market such a laptop as being "super fast" because it contained the VR. It's a decent HDD all right but I would hardly call it "super fast". At least not in my experience. But I suppose it depends on your definition of super-fast.

 

[Referbo]

Alright. Will just buy a seperate bay for the ssd and include the raptor as a backup drive in my build

thanks guys