I have a Dell laptop and I'm looking to upgrade to a bigger hard disk. Please can you explain to me how to identify which types of disk are compatible? I'm totally lost in a sea of variants of ATA/SATA/IDE. I've tried the Dell website and couldn't convince it to try and sell me an overpriced replacement. Here are some specs:
- Laptop: Dell Inspiron 1300 B130
(service tag C07RC2J) - OS: Windows 7 Professional
- Current disk: Hitachi HTS541060G9AT00
(http://www.newegg.com/product/product.aspx?Item=N82E16822146042) - Device manager shows these IDE
ATE/ATAPI controllers: - a) ATA Channel 0 (supporting my disk in
Ultra DMA Mode 5) - b) Intel 82801FB/FBM Ultra ATA Storage
Controllers - 266F
I know about speeds, cache size etc. but I don't know what interface(s) to look at. I'd also love a 7200rpm if that's possible.
Please advise.
Thanks,
David
Answer
You need an IDE/ATA hard drive. They are the same thing. If you can find a vendor selling 7200RPM 2.5" IDE hard drives, you shouldn't have a problem with installing it.
You cannot put a SATA drive into that laptop according to the spec sheet.
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