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Can I power my SSD off of another computer

WhiteHoody
By WhiteHoody
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So I'm upgrading my old Alienware X51, which only has one SATA power cable to the old HHD and I want to clone the drive to a new SSD so... if I were to power the SSD off of another pc but plug the SATA in the the Alienware to do the cloning will anything blow up???

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Just now, Mel0nMan said:

No splosions will occur doing so. It's safe to do it.

thank you very much, I didnt want to die.

 

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The optical drive power is probably sata, you could borrow that for the duration of the clone.

Although with a dell, they could have monkeyed with that.

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It might be fine, I would at least make sure that both of the power supplies are plugged into the same outlet/circuit.

Or you could get a usb drive enclosure, they're pretty cheap and might be useful in the future.

Or you could buy a SATA power connector, the actual plastic piece, and add it to the existing SATA wires. Something like this

https://mainframecustom.com/shop/cable-sleeving/connectors/sata-power-push-style-connector/

 

 

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