Is this a plug and play external hard drive or does it need to be installed inside of the laptop
461574
Well, it could be both. I bought it as a replacement for the 80GB internal drive in my Dell Latitude notebook. I mirrored the existing drive to the new one, and it then became a plug-and-play replacement, as the OS and all files and applications were moved, making it an identical drive with more free space. That said, it could be installed in an external housing and connected through a USB connection to use as an additional drive.
1665200
It's integrated in the drive, it is very short although. Yo need to have your computer literally an inch away.
944423
It is closed and sealed, ready to put into your laptop. The hard drives are often shown (senselessly) as if you could see their internal parts, you will not.
666944
This drive is plug and play. I used it in windows 7 and windows 8 and it worked perfectly. There is no need to install any driver to use it.
473625
None. You have to put in your own hard-drive; this is just an enclosure for an internal drive to make it an external drive.
1288177
You have to install a sata hard drive so that depends what format and the size of the hard drive.
964138
This is a bare drive only. It does not come with cables, mounting hardware, or drivers. Windows supplies all necessary drivers.it is intended be mounted in a laptop. This mounting requires no cables.
1302097
The drive itself needs a sata data cable and a hard drive power supply cable(don't know the name of that) look on best buy or some store that has these two cables on one end and a USB/ port on ur laptop for the other.
1273699
Yes, but it does state "General hard drive installations for most laptop. I purchase the hard drive but someone else put it in for me. Looking at the instructions it look like it is easy to do.
1358806
Yes. It is an external hard drive. It will behave as another drive on your computer.
276923
It's an internal drive. You may use as an external drive but it will more convenient and cheaper to buy an external, if you want to use as an external.
2106652
Ron....no, the hard drive is a plug-n-play, no external power source needed.
935565
Its an internal drive. It comes with brackets to screw it on inside the computer case.
999268
No, it is basically a plug-in replacement for a laptop drive. If you need a cable, you will have to buy one.
293845
It is an internal laptop hard drive. However it can be connected via USB if you have this device:http://www.sabrent.com/category/hard-drive-enclosures/USB-DSC5/I fhave found this device quite handy as you can connect any IDE or SATA drive to a computer via USB.
630030
Plug and play. I use it with my work laptop that doesn't allow me to install anything. I plugged it in and it worked immediately.
92192
Drive is powered by the computer (device) it is attached to. There is not external power or plug to attach one.