Comments on: How Do I Replace Ide Hard Drive To Sata Hard Drive In A Laptop? http://www.computeradvicesite.com/3253/how-do-i-replace-ide-hard-drive-to-sata-hard-drive-in-a-laptop/ Questions And Answers by Real Computer Users Mon, 03 Jan 2011 06:39:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: computer http://www.computeradvicesite.com/3253/how-do-i-replace-ide-hard-drive-to-sata-hard-drive-in-a-laptop/comment-page-1/#comment-6828 computer Sat, 06 Feb 2010 14:36:38 +0000 http://www.computeradvicesite.com/3253/how-do-i-replace-ide-hard-drive-to-sata-hard-drive-in-a-laptop/#comment-6828 ide to sata adapter ide to sata adapter

]]> By: Sygma6 http://www.computeradvicesite.com/3253/how-do-i-replace-ide-hard-drive-to-sata-hard-drive-in-a-laptop/comment-page-1/#comment-6827 Sygma6 Sat, 06 Feb 2010 13:28:04 +0000 http://www.computeradvicesite.com/3253/how-do-i-replace-ide-hard-drive-to-sata-hard-drive-in-a-laptop/#comment-6827 This is not possible. The connector on the laptop system board is hard wired and can not be changed. IDE laptop hard drives are still available but your best bet is to use an external USB/eSATA hard drive. I picked up a 1 Tb drive for $95 a few months ago. This is not possible. The connector on the laptop system board is hard wired and can not be changed.
IDE laptop hard drives are still available but your best bet is to use an external USB/eSATA hard drive. I picked up a 1 Tb drive for $95 a few months ago.

]]> By: Chickste http://www.computeradvicesite.com/3253/how-do-i-replace-ide-hard-drive-to-sata-hard-drive-in-a-laptop/comment-page-1/#comment-6826 Chickste Sat, 06 Feb 2010 11:07:23 +0000 http://www.computeradvicesite.com/3253/how-do-i-replace-ide-hard-drive-to-sata-hard-drive-in-a-laptop/#comment-6826 You don't. You don't have a Sata controller for an internal Sata harddrivehttp://support.dell.com/support/edocs/sy… As answered though, you could either buy an external harddrive that IS Sata, and plug it in using the USB cable, to your laptop, OR, You could buy an external enclosure that is Sata, (Has a Sata controller in it), buy the size of Sata harddrive you wish, install it in the external enclosure, (It isn't hard to do at all), and plug the USB cable of the external enclosure into your laptop. 1.Examples of external enclosures that are Sata, and use a DESKTOP Sata harddrive, (Laptop harddrives are 2-1/2 inches across in width. Desktop harddrives are 3-1/2 inches across)http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/… (12 pages of them. A $29.99 unit will do just fine) 2.Examples of Sata harddrives,http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/… (For the external enclosures in Number 1 above, you need a 3.5 inch Desktop Sata harddrive. 3.5 = 3-1/2) You don’t. You don’t have a Sata controller for an internal Sata harddrivehttp://support.dell.com/support/edocs/sy…
As answered though, you could either buy an external harddrive that IS Sata, and plug it in using the USB cable, to your laptop,
OR,
You could buy an external enclosure that is Sata, (Has a Sata controller in it), buy the size of Sata harddrive you wish, install it in the external enclosure, (It isn’t hard to do at all), and plug the USB cable of the external enclosure into your laptop.
1.Examples of external enclosures that are Sata, and use a DESKTOP Sata harddrive, (Laptop harddrives are 2-1/2 inches across in width. Desktop harddrives are 3-1/2 inches across)http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/…
(12 pages of them. A $29.99 unit will do just fine)
2.Examples of Sata harddrives,http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/…
(For the external enclosures in Number 1 above, you need a 3.5 inch Desktop Sata harddrive. 3.5 = 3-1/2)

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