Sata and laptop

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Ilyas - 25 Feb 2008 21:32 GMT

Hi all

I have a hp laptop. I want to get a new hard drive as the one with my
laptop is full

I want to get soemthing that is fast as I want to use it for Virtual
machines for Virtual pc

Should I go Sata or USB 2?

How would I get Sata to work with my laptop - it has no sata
connectors....

Many thanks

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Pavel A. - 25 Feb 2008 21:34 GMT

I've just got a cardbus to SATA adapter, works fine with a Hitachi disk.

--PA

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DL - 25 Feb 2008 21:40 GMT

Then you cannot use Sata, niether can you boot from an o/s installed on a
usb drive

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M.I.5¾ - 26 Feb 2008 13:17 GMT

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I am not clear as to what you are trying to do. Are you wanting to replace
your existing hard drive with a more capacious version - in which case you
are stuck with whatever interface the existing drive has (probably Parallel
ATA).

Or do you want to connect an external drive in a box, in which case USB2 is
probably the best way to go at present as there is a huge choice.

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