Want to upgrade Internal HDD. What are some good options?

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Aqsa Nadeem

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I want to upgrade my laptop's internal HDD storage. It's currently 750 GB (Model no: Western Digital WD7500BPVT-24HXZT1 ATA Device).
I want 2TB of internal storage. What are some good affordable internal HDD? My budget is $70-$100.

Also, I have another question. I dont know much about the differece b/w ATA & SATA, but I think my CD-ROM is connected to my ATA HD.
If that's true, will removing my current ATA HDD and replacing it with, say a SATA, will this cause any problems? If so, what do I do then?

P.s Im not interested in buying an External HD. I understand all the advantages but I want Internal storage not external.
 
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It is a SATA drive for sure. I have its brother the 1TB version(but with SATA III) in this system.

Seeing ATA and IDE controllers in the system simply means the bios is running a compatibility mode. Some system makers do this. It stops some SATA level features from working, but should not be an issue. I would not want that mode for a SSD, but for most hard drives it should be ok.

This is how the system I am on shows it. Another one shows then even differently. It is just down to the system and driver setup
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Here is another system(Since they both have M4s).
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Unfortunately that is one of the cheapest drives on the market today(Where are you located...
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SATA and ATA(IDE) are not compatible with each other.

In a desktop an adapter will fit, but not in a notebook.

It is unlikely a notebook with a 750 gigabyte hard drive has ATA(IDE)

The optical drive may have a version of SATA known as SlimSATA(combines power + data. it is shorter because it does not have 3.3 or 12 volt contacts.).

Please check the specs on your drive because 2.5 inch drives come in different heights. If your drive is too thick(many early 2TB models are 15mm thick), it will not fit.

Maybe something like Seagates ST2000LX001. It seems to have a long warranty. Most notebooks should fit a 7mm thick drive(That may be as thin as I have ever seen :) ).
 
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Aqsa Nadeem

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Like I said, I dont know much about hard-disks but I only mentioned what I saw in my Device Manager. Here's a screenshot of my Device Manager.

http://prntscr.com/g43y2l - (I couldnt attach a picture here, so here's a link)

http://www.storagereview.com/western_digital_scorpio_blue_review_750gb_wd7500bpvt (a link to a review of my HDD)

You can double-check my HDD by comparing the Model No I mentioned in my Question and the one displayed in Device Manager.
I am 100% sure my storage capacity is 750 GB because the high storage capacity was one of the reasons I bought this laptop (8-9 years ago). If it helps, my laptop's model no is Lenovo G470.

Also, I checked the Seagate HD you suggested, it seems nice but its a bit over my budget. I can not spend more than $100. But thanks for helping :)
 
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It is a SATA drive for sure. I have its brother the 1TB version(but with SATA III) in this system.

Seeing ATA and IDE controllers in the system simply means the bios is running a compatibility mode. Some system makers do this. It stops some SATA level features from working, but should not be an issue. I would not want that mode for a SSD, but for most hard drives it should be ok.

This is how the system I am on shows it. Another one shows then even differently. It is just down to the system and driver setup
5oxklt.jpg


Here is another system(Since they both have M4s).
250s5zo.jpg


Unfortunately that is one of the cheapest drives on the market today(Where are you located? Amazon.com has them for about 90USD). Even the standard WD Blue 2TB 2.5 inch drives are much more expensive.

Seagate has a slightly cheaper one without the flash buffer that should be a bit cheaper(ST2000LM015). It looses 3 years of warranty as well(down to 2 years).
 
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