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    Will a 250GB SATA drive work as my c-drive in my HP dv8000?

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by BubbaMac, Jun 16, 2010.

  1. BubbaMac

    BubbaMac Newbie

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    I have a four-year old HP dv8000 (AMD Turion) that has two 100GB drives in it. The C-drive is too full and it is causing severe performance problems. I want to clone my C-drive to a more capacious drive that spins at the same 7200 rpm as my present drive. I think I have found a 250GB SATA drive that would do the trick, but I am not sure whether it would work in my computer (Win-XP (SP3) (the present c-drive is not SATA).

    So, There are two questions:
    1) will a 250GB SATA drive work as my new C-drive?
    2) Should I be concerned about rpm? (There is a 160GB 5400 rpm drive available that is the same protocol as my existing c-drive but it spins slower.)
     
    BubbaMac, Jun 16, 2010
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  2. Lithus

    Lithus NBR Janitor

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    I'm pretty sure the dv8000 uses PATA drives. If so, then no, a SATA drive isn't going to be compatible.
     
    Lithus, Jun 16, 2010
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    deeastman Notebook Deity

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    1) NO, Must be PATA (EIDE)
    2) NO, 5400 rpm will not seem quite as responsive but battery life might be better.

    Either of these EIDE WD Scorpio Blue drives at Best Buy should work in your system.
    EIDE : Laptop - BestBuy

    You can also check at Newegg, TigerDirect, Fry's, etc.
     
    deeastman, Jun 16, 2010
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