I have seen similar dilemmas on other threads here, but have not seen my particular scenario addressed for my machine and what I am trying to do. A few months back I purchased the Travelmate P459-M with 240 GB SSD, to replace my fried Aspire that had a 1TB HDD. What I want to do is install the HDD from the old Aspire into the empty bay in the TravelMate, which is the exact shape and size of the bay that it had come out of in the Aspire, so I'm assuming such an install must be possible. But the cable on the HDD does not appear to have a corresponding port in the TravelMate. After some research I've came to the conclusion that it will require a new cable with a different type of connector, but I've been unable to find such a cable for my specific model. The hard drive I want to install is a WD Blue model number WD10SPZX-21Z10T0 SATA HDD. Where could I find the appropriate cable, and where exactly would it connect to the computer? I haven't seen any obvious empty slots on the motherboard, so I'm assuming it must be underneath something that would need to be temporarily removed, but didn't want to start taking things apart without knowing exactly what I was looking for. For now, I will order a USB adapter as I need to retrieve some data as soon as possible, but considering the empty bay the same size as the hard drive and the lack of enough USB ports and storage space on the TravelMate's SSD, I would like to get it installed into the machine permanently.
Please advise.
