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Okay. Thanks a lot

Thanks for replying. Its not a think pad, its an idea pad. L340-15IRH . Here is a video of a YouTuber opening it up and installing a SSD The model of HDD I am thinking of buying and installing is a SEAGATE MOMENTUS 500GB 2.5" (ST500LT012) You can see the small socket to the right of the data connector and I wonder if this is for power and if it is then the type of cable I would need to get in addition to the data cable which I already have.

Hello, I want to put in a HDD (2.5") into my Lenovo laptop and the laptop came with a cable and 4 screws to allow me to do so. But the problem I have is that the pictures of the HDD online that I am looking to buy all have a 4 pin socket next to the SATA connector. This means that the drive would need power (1.2 W for the model I'm interested in) and I don't have a dedicated cable for this. Also I don't understand how power delivery works inside a laptop. So does this mean I can only install a SSD drive?