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spinaltap775   08-08-2009 at 04:45:22 AM

So I have a Dell Inspiron 8100 laptop, that has ONLY a 10GB hard drive. So I've been looking around the web and saw a few that interest me, the only problem are will they fit and work in the laptop and will they meet the laptops specifications or on the contrary will the laptop meet the hard drives specifications.

PS. I found a hard drive I think will fit but please, correct me if I am wrong. If anyone else has a better hard drive than the one below please give links.

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applica [...] CatId=1277

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skornel   08-08-2009 at 05:04:30 AM

Are you sure that the system can handle a SATA drive? 10GB is pretty old technology and I don't remember anything that small when SATA was available but I could be wrong.

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spinaltap775   08-08-2009 at 05:15:06 AM

I don't know if it can handle a SATA drive, i think it can, but I know for sure it can handle a 120GB IDE drive.

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pitstop87   08-08-2009 at 05:42:23 PM

Find out your motherboard model and make and check up on the net to see if it has SATA support. Otherwise buying the drive you mentioned would be a waste. Of course you could still use it as an external hard disk, but that would be a waste of SATA's superior speed.

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spinaltap775   08-08-2009 at 06:00:35 PM

Okay then can someone tell me the model make, or can someone just give me a yes or no answer to the question, can a Dell Inspiron 8100 suport a SATA hard drive.

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spinaltap775   08-08-2009 at 06:13:54 PM

No that laptop won't support sata hard drives. But could someone please give me a few links to some good CHEAP IDE hard drives, that are bigger than 40GB.

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Bronze Laptops badge frozenlead   08-08-2009 at 07:22:34 PM

"Cheap" is a relative term. You need a budget posted.

 

Anyway, here are all 2.5" 5400RPM ATA hard disks on newegg.

 

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] rchInDesc=


Message edited by frozenlead on 08-08-2009 at 07:23:17 PM
------------------------------ Sager NP5793 | T8100 2.1GHz | 4GB DDR2-667 | 8800mGTX 512MB | 320GB 5400rpm | 1920x1200 17", 24" | Win 7 x64
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spinaltap775   08-09-2009 at 10:32:11 PM

My laptop will not support a SATA hard drive and if your really stupid and don't know by now, ATA is SATA because before the letters ATA is the word Serial, Serial ATA=SATA. So I need a cheap PATA or EIDE if you want to call it that hard drive. Thanks.

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Bronze Laptops badge frozenlead   08-10-2009 at 01:12:41 AM

Thanks for calling me stupid, but you're incorrect. If ATA is SATA, then why is there a SATA category and an ATA category in newegg, and why did my link show disks with 80 pins on them?

 

ATA is the shortened term for ATAPI, which is also known as PATA.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advan [...] Attachment

 

Edit: after reading a bit of the article, which is pretty cool, I found that PATA is actually a term only created after SATA was - so ATAPI is really the correct term. Not like it matters any, but whatever.


Message edited by frozenlead on 08-10-2009 at 01:14:54 AM
------------------------------ Sager NP5793 | T8100 2.1GHz | 4GB DDR2-667 | 8800mGTX 512MB | 320GB 5400rpm | 1920x1200 17", 24" | Win 7 x64
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spinaltap775   08-10-2009 at 11:56:11 PM

Well, I'm mistaken then, and sorry for calling you stupid, I've had a long few nights and getting stressed. So yeah I'll look into it and thank you.

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