|
|||||||
 |
|
|
LinkBack | Thread Tools | Search this Thread | Rate Thread | Display Modes |
07-19-2007, 04:52 AM
|
#1 |
|
Member (3 bit)
Join Date: Jul 2007
Posts: 4
|
Can i use an ATA 150 HDD if my original HDD is AtA/100?
Hello everyone,
I'm new at this. Hopefully someone will be able to help me. I want to upgrade to a REALLy BIG capacity hdd. The Hard drive i have is Ata/100 (80GB) and i can not find any 200gb or 250gb Hd that is ata/100. The closest one I could find is 250gb Ata/150 (model # WD2500BEVS). I wonder if this is compatible with my laptop. The largest ata/100 hdd i could find was 160 GB. I want to get an internal disk not an external one. Laptop specifications: Acer Aspire 5050 3759 AMD Turion 64 Mobile Technology MK-36 (2.0GHZ, 512kb L2 cache) Windows Vista Home Premium 256MB ATI Radeo Xpress 1100 Hyper Memory 1gb DDR2 DVD Super Multi double layer drive Thanks! |
|
|
|
07-19-2007, 07:04 AM
|
#2 |
|
Ride 'em Cowboy
Join Date: Dec 1999
Location: Dallas, Tx
Posts: 9,018
|
No can do. Your current drive is an IDE drive. The one you've mentioned is a SATA drive.
__________________
Stand Up 2 Cancer - SU2C |
|
|
|
|
07-19-2007, 10:06 AM
|
#3 |
|
Shiro Usagi
Premium Member
Join Date: Sep 1999
Location: Kaneohe, Hawaii
Posts: 34,002
|
Where have you been looking for hard drive? I found a 750GB ATA100 HDD Seagate at Newegg.com.
More ATA 100 hard drives at Newegg.com  Cricket
Last edited by Cricket; 07-19-2007 at 10:19 AM. |
|
|
|
|
07-19-2007, 11:27 AM
|
#4 | |
|
Ride 'em Cowboy
Join Date: Dec 1999
Location: Dallas, Tx
Posts: 9,018
|
.
Quote:
|
|
|
|
|
|
07-19-2007, 11:33 AM
|
#5 |
|
Shiro Usagi
Premium Member
Join Date: Sep 1999
Location: Kaneohe, Hawaii
Posts: 34,002
|
Oops...sorry about that. Didn't notice this was for a laptop.
Cricket
|
|
|
|
|
07-19-2007, 06:24 PM
|
#6 |
|
Forum Administrator
Staff
Premium Member
Join Date: May 2000
Location: Joplin MO
Posts: 36,460
|
160 is as big as it gets for an IDE notebook drive right now.
|
|
|
|
|
07-24-2007, 08:21 PM
|
#7 |
|
Member (3 bit)
Join Date: Jul 2007
Posts: 4
|
One more question....
Thanks for your help guys. However, I took the hard drive out and it seems that it is actually a SATA HD. I first looked what kind HD i have on the web (according to this website - drivesolutions.com). They were wrong. They listed my laptop as ATA HD and not SATA.
THis HD is for sure SATA (it does not have "the teeth - type of thing" like my old Laptop (ATA HDD) has. I wonder now if there are different SATA HDD out there. WHich one do i need? is there Any website where i can see picture of HDD interfaces (connections)? Thanks again for your help!! Last edited by Hammer07; 07-24-2007 at 09:48 PM. |
|
|
|
|
| Bookmarks |
| Thread Tools | Search this Thread |
| Display Modes | Rate This Thread |
|
|
Similar Threads
|
||||
| Thread | Thread Starter | Forum | Replies | Last Post |
| XP on wrong HDD | mb26 | Software Discussion & Support | 6 | 02-08-2004 10:09 PM |
| ATA Card, BIOS, HDD | redbaron_snoopy | Computer Hardware | 6 | 07-30-2002 07:03 AM |
| Ultra ATA/100 Controller Card Woes | palladrj | Computer Hardware | 9 | 05-23-2002 11:19 AM |
| CompUSA ATA 100 Controller Card | palladrj | Computer Hardware | 8 | 05-15-2002 02:11 PM |
| HDD Speeds (ATA UDMA etc.) | q2418130103p | Computer Hardware | 9 | 04-02-2002 09:21 PM |
Linear Mode
