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    Ultra ATA/100 to SATA Adapter

    Discussion in 'VAIO / Sony' started by will777, Dec 27, 2007.

  1. will777

    will777 Newbie

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    I have an extra Ultra ATA/100 laptop hard drive but the Vaio laptop I have (VGN-N320E) takes SATA drive according to the Sony website specifications:

    http://esupport.sony.com/US/perl/model-documents.pl?mdl=VGNN320E.

    Is there an Adapter made that I could put in the laptop to use the 2.5" Ultra ATA/100 drive instead of buying a new SATA drive? There doesn't look like there is very much space available to install an adapter inside there. Was there was an adapter originally included with the laptop and I have lost it?
     
    will777, Dec 27, 2007
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  2. Greg

    Greg Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    There is no way. You need a SATA native drive.
     
    Greg, Dec 27, 2007
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    dmorris68 Notebook Consultant

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    There are such adapters for full-size 3.5" hard drives, but none that I know of for laptop drives. The space constraints are too tight in a laptop to allow any room for an adapter, if they did exist.
     
    dmorris68, Dec 28, 2007
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    dmorris68 Notebook Consultant

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    No, that's a 3.5" (full-size drive) adapter. As you can see, the conversion requires some circuitry and some bulk. There is virtually no way to squeeze that into a notebook drive bay, which are generally just large enough to contain the HDD itself.

    They work great for desktop machines though, I have a few of them in some of my Linux boxes.
     
    dmorris68, Dec 29, 2007
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