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New Disk Drive for my laptop question ATA 100 vws 150

by ericjfischer May 12, 2009 1:30AM PDT

Hi all,
I'm looking for new drive for my laptop. It is six or seven yrs old and uses an Ultra ATA 66/100 drive 2.5 inch by 9.5 mm in size.

I don't see a lot of those for sale. i do see a bunch of ATA 150's. Would those be compatible? I'll be dealing with music and video so I need around 100 gigs and fast enough access time to work well. Don't want to spend a lot of cash either. Am I wrong in thinking I can find something like this for 60 or 70 bucks?

Thanks,
Eric

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Are you sure you didn't drop a letter?

by r. proffitt Former Forum moderator May 12, 2009 2:22AM PDT

I've seen SATA 150's such as http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=sata+150

Let's just say you should stick to IDE drives of the right connections and that faster IDE speeds will work just fine.

Why not geeks.com or newegg.com?

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