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    Area51 m7700 PATA Hd

    Discussion in 'Alienware' started by Trulife69, Mar 6, 2009.

  1. Trulife69

    Trulife69 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Does anyone know where I can purchase a hard drive for my laptop. I have the ide pata hd cable.. Do they sell these hard drives anymore?? Or do I need to buy the Sata hard drive cable. I was trying to save money but it looks as if I have to spend the extra $60.00 for dumb cable.. I dont like this laptop.. Paid to much and had way to many problems. Alienware and there non english fluent support team. Crappy investment for $3,000.
    Any help would be greatly appreciated.
    Thanks
    Trulife
     
    Trulife69, Mar 6, 2009
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  2. K-TRON

    K-TRON Hi, I'm Jimmy Diesel ^_^

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    You have two options, you can buy a SATA cable, so that you can install two sata drives, or you can use your current IDE cable and install a fast IDE drive.
    Currently the fastest IDE/PATA notebook drive is the Samsung HM160HC:
    http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=264209

    The SATA cables usually go for about $80 online. I just sold my last one for $20. Good luck finding one.
    http://www.excelcomputerinc.com/html/details.asp?ref=629&category=caddys

    The D900T/D900K can read any IDE or SATA 2.5" drive, just make sure to read this guide I have: (only if you use SATA 300 drives)
    http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=347779

    Honestly, look on ebay, and see if you can find a SATA drive cable for the machine. The cheapest I have found is $60,
    http://cgi.ebay.com/Alienware-Clevo-SATA-Hard-Drive-Cable-D900T-D900K-M7700_W0QQitemZ220372966604QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item220372966604&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=72%3A1730%7C66%3A2%7C65%3A12%7C39%3A1%7C240%3A1318%7C301%3A1%7C293%3A1%7C294%3A50

    The reason I mention to go SATA, is because the new SATA drives are much faster than the PATA ones, and they are a bit cheaper.

    K-TRON
     
    K-TRON, Mar 6, 2009
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  3. bobnova

    bobnova Notebook Consultant

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    Last i checked newegg.com had a decent number of IDE/PATA(same thing) drives.
     
    bobnova, Mar 6, 2009
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    renheguy Notebook Enthusiast

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    The cheapest I have found out is this:
    http://cgi.ebay.com/SATA-Hard-Drive...4|66:2|65:12|39:1|240:1318|301:1|293:1|294:50
     
    renheguy, Mar 12, 2009
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