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Windows 7 - Can I replace SATA 1 HDD with SATA 2 HDD?? |
10-23-2011
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Can I replace SATA 1 HDD with SATA 2 HDD??
The hard drive in my son's laptop has died, it's a SATA 1 (1.5Gb/s) drive. Can I upgrade it to a SATA 2 (3.0 Gb/s) hard disk?? It's in a Toshiba laptop.
Many thanks in advance.
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10-23-2011
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Quote: Originally Posted by siringo  The hard drive in my son's laptop has died, it's a SATA 1 (1.5Gb/s) drive. Can I upgrade it to a SATA 2 (3.0 Gb/s) hard disk?? It's in a Toshiba laptop.
Many thanks in advance. Any chance we can get your system specs and network setup? My crystal ball is being repaired.. | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number HP Pavillion dv-7 1005 Tx
OS WCP ONLY
CPU 2@2.4
Memory 4 gigs
Graphics Card Nvidia 9600M
Sound Card HD built-in
Monitor(s) Displays 17" Wxga
Screen Resolution 1440x900
Cooling none
Internet Speed 45Mb down 5Mb up
System Manufacturer/Model Number HAL-9000
OS Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit
CPU Intel i7 2600K @ 4.44Ghz
Motherboard Asus P8P67 Pro Rev 3.1
Memory 16GB DDR3 1333 Corsair XMS3
Graphics Card XFX HD5850 1GB EyeFinity
Sound Card Logitech G35 & Sennheiser PC135 & VIA HD
Monitor(s) Displays 23" HP 2310e, 23" Samsung B2230, 21.5" Viewsonic
Screen Resolution 5760x1080
Keyboard Logitech G15 and G13
Mouse Logitech G700 Gaming Mouse
PSU Antec True Power New 650watt
Case Cooler Master HAF-932
Cooling Corsair H60 Hydro Cooler, 3x 230mm Fans, 2x120mm Fan
Hard Drives 16TB of Storage
128GB & 256GB Crucial M4 SSD's, 2X 1TB WD Black, 3x 2TB WD, 3x 2TB Samsung F4, 1.5TB Seagate, WD 500GB,
Internet Speed 50/10 Mbit
Other Info Speakers : Alesis M1 Active Mk2 Studio Monitors , APC RS 1200 UPS, HP 4500DN Color Laser, HP P1006 mono Laser, Kodak 8500 Dye-Sub, Epson 1280 inkjet, Epson Worforce 610 MFC
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10-23-2011
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Windows 7 Professional SP1 32-bit |
Well, "yes you can" is a bit vague. Absolutely, you can plug in a SATA-II harddisk, but it will run at SATA-I speed. Not really a problem as even 1.5Gb/sec is still faster than most harddisks out there.
Point being: SATA-II is backwards-compatible to SATA-I. | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Custom-built
OS Windows 7 Professional SP1 32-bit
CPU Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 2.4GHz, overclocked to 2.7GHz
Motherboard Asus PL5D2
Memory 3GB DDR2-667 (2x1GB + 2x512MB in dual-channel config)
Graphics Card nVidia GeForce 9800 GT
Sound Card on-board Realtek HD
Monitor(s) Displays LG W2261
Screen Resolution 1920x1200 (DVI)
Keyboard Standard
Mouse Microsoft wireless optical mouse
PSU Antec TruePower 2.0
Case Cooler Master Centurion
Cooling various fans
Hard Drives OCZ SSD Vertex Plus 60GB SATA (Firmware 3.55), 64MB cache
Hitachi HD321KJ SATA, 320GB, 7200rpm, 16MB cache
Internet Speed DSL; ~700KB/sec down, ~65KB/sec up
Other Info Have a laptop too :) (Compaq CQ60 also with Win7 Pro SP1 32-bit)
Drives in both systems:
C: - Windows 7 + apps. Pagefile is fixed size and located at the very end of the partition.
D: - various temp files/cache for Firefox and apps/games.
E: - videos, music, misc. storage, torrent downloads, etc.
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10-23-2011
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Quote: Originally Posted by Corazon Well, "yes you can" is a bit vague. At least vagueness is preferable to erroneous  | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Me
OS 7 Ultimate x64
CPU i5 2500K 4.7 Ghz
Motherboard ASUS P8Z68 Deluxe Gen 3
Memory 8GB G.Skill Ripjaws X 2133mhz
Graphics Card Asus GTX 580 DirectCU II
Sound Card X-FI Forte 7.1 + ATH-AD900 Headphones
Monitor(s) Displays x2 Dell U2410 / 58" Samsung / "40 Sony
Screen Resolution 1920*1200 / 1920*1080
Keyboard Topre Realforce // Ducky Shine MX Black // Filco Ninja TKL
Mouse Razer Imperator + Razer Lachesis
PSU Corsair AX1200W
Case Lian Li PC-V1020A
Cooling Noctua NH-D14: 3x140mm Gelid Wing 14 : Noctua NF-P12 120mm
Hard Drives 2x Intel 520 240GB * Crucial M4 128GB * 2x Samsung F3 1TB (RAID 0) * 2x WD Caviar Blacks 2TB (RAID 0)
Other Info Laptop Specs:
Clevo Sager P170HM //
17.3 Matte 1920x1200 //
i7 2720QM // 8GB 1333mhz //
Dedicated GTX 485M //
240GB Intel 520 + 750GB + Blu-Ray //
Samsung Story 2TB USB 3.0
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10-23-2011
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Windows 7 Professional SP1 32-bit |
Maybe, but vagueness leads to confusion down the road. | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Custom-built
OS Windows 7 Professional SP1 32-bit
CPU Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 2.4GHz, overclocked to 2.7GHz
Motherboard Asus PL5D2
Memory 3GB DDR2-667 (2x1GB + 2x512MB in dual-channel config)
Graphics Card nVidia GeForce 9800 GT
Sound Card on-board Realtek HD
Monitor(s) Displays LG W2261
Screen Resolution 1920x1200 (DVI)
Keyboard Standard
Mouse Microsoft wireless optical mouse
PSU Antec TruePower 2.0
Case Cooler Master Centurion
Cooling various fans
Hard Drives OCZ SSD Vertex Plus 60GB SATA (Firmware 3.55), 64MB cache
Hitachi HD321KJ SATA, 320GB, 7200rpm, 16MB cache
Internet Speed DSL; ~700KB/sec down, ~65KB/sec up
Other Info Have a laptop too :) (Compaq CQ60 also with Win7 Pro SP1 32-bit)
Drives in both systems:
C: - Windows 7 + apps. Pagefile is fixed size and located at the very end of the partition.
D: - various temp files/cache for Firefox and apps/games.
E: - videos, music, misc. storage, torrent downloads, etc.
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