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    Hard Drive SATA 150

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by desmondhume333, Jul 7, 2010.

  1. desmondhume333

    desmondhume333 Notebook Consultant

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    The hard drive in my laptop seems to have broken and I'm trying to get a new one but I'm a little confused about the SATA differences in laptop internal hard drives.

    My hard drive that's broken is 120.0 GB - Serial ATA-150 - 5400.0 rpm - 2.5"

    Can I buy just any hard drive that's SATA 2.5"?
     
    desmondhume333, Jul 7, 2010
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    G73Guy Notebook Consultant

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    Yes SATA is backward compatible. If you buy a SATA II it will run at SATA I speeds. Which is not a problem because HDD's are not saturating the SATA I bandwidth.

    So yes go for it!
     
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    desmondhume333 Notebook Consultant

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    Ah cool thanks, that's all I needed to know.
     
    desmondhume333, Jul 7, 2010
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