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    HP Pocket Media Drives (PD1600) IDE or SATA?

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by Insomniac89, May 22, 2009.

  1. Insomniac89

    Insomniac89 Notebook Consultant

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    Hey, I purchased an old laptop, and wanted to upgrade the hard drive to atleast 160GB, i found this on bestbuy, and was wondering if i could take out the drive from here, and put it in my laptop (60gb), then take the smaller hdd and put in the enclosure.

    The reason why i want this is because its 30+ dollars cheaper, and ill be getting an enclosure out of it. Does anyone know if its IDE or SATA, cause no specification website tells what the interface is, and i don't wanna buy it online open (and void the warranty) only to determine its SATA

    thanks
     
    Insomniac89, May 22, 2009
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    Insomniac89, May 22, 2009
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    K-TRON Hi, I'm Jimmy Diesel ^_^

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    That HP external is a SATA based harddrive

    What is the laptop you purchased?
    If your older laptop has an IDE based harddrive than you cannot install a SATA drive in its place

    If the system uses IDE drives, I suggest looking at the Samsung HM160HC, Western Digital WD2500BEVE or the WD3200BEVE

    If your laptop runs the SATA interface you have many more harddrive upgrade options

    K-TRON
     
    K-TRON, May 23, 2009
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