A:AnswerI would say ur drive is dead. If u can, try to plug it directly into a PC data cable to see if it gets power then. Or an old Xbox 360 data transfer cable works if u have one of those. Seeing as how it gets power when u unplug ur drive I would say it def is ur drive tho.
A:AnswerYes you can, however it only supports SATA II and is very slow. I would find something that supports SATA III. I cloned two HDD's to SSD's with it and it worked.
A:Answer2.5" inch is the standard laptop hard drive size. They vary by thickness usually. A 3.5" drive would be for a magnetic desktop hard drive. A 1.8" or micro sata have different interfaces.
