I have a 64 bit OS, but 32 bit drivers installed on my C: drive. Help!

[Orbital Shark]

Your laptop supports 2.5" SATA drives upto 640GB according to This


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[housry23]

You need a SATA laptop drive. Make sure when purchasing it is a 2.5" SATA laptop Hard Drive.

 

[SolarWind]

No, one is a SATA (DELL) and the other IDE.

Check ebay for some good deals (Try to buy new though) 'inspiron 1545 hard drive/2.5" hdd sata'

 

[archwonder]

Ok so I have another drama...My hard drive has now completely died and it seems impossible to tell what interface my hard drive has in order for me to buy a new one.
My hard drives interface looks like this:

http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl...&ndsp=26&ved=1t:429,r:15,s:0&biw=1270&bih=710
Now I've been getting all confused as to whether this is a SATA, Serial ATA, ATA-100 or ATA-6
Because not just any old SATA interface will fit.
I cannot have one with pins, help!
I'm pretty sure mine's interface is "Serial ATA", but when i search to buy one, they look different.

Thanks everyone!

 

[archwonder]

would i be right in saying this would be right? http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B002842S...de=asn&creative=22206&creativeASIN=B002842SRY
if so i will buy it now!

 

[SolarWind]

Serial ATA is SATA - which is what you have.

 

[archwonder]

i realise that its the same, but when googling to see what the interfaces look like, they are different.
for instance i found my exact hard drive with a sata interface that showed it had pins in the image, not how my one looks.
sorry it's just really confusing me, i dont want to buy one called sata and find it doesnt fit.

 

[sandman]

Documentation

This should be your drive I use Newegg.com to buy all my tech items check it out.

 

[archwonder]

sandman...i can't find what you meant was my hard drive, all I see is the service manual and that doesnt specify.
?
Thanks!

 

[SolarWind]

SATA like IDE is standard. Your 7 pin connector may have an enclsure to appear different but it will still be 7 pin. When you said your old hdd in your other laptop had pins I thought you meant 40 pin PATA. If it has 7 pins then try it.

 

[SolarWind]

SATA Connectors (Power, IDE and more)

Just relying on forum description is difficult but them link above for example.

 

[archwonder]

my other one is IDE, and has lods of pins.
So to clarify...I can buy ANY SATA hard drive then? The interface doesn't matter? should i just buy the samsung one I posted before?
Thanks

 

[SolarWind]

Any 2.5" SATA hdd yes. The one you posted earlier is fine.

 

[Lordbob75]

my other one is IDE, and has lods of pins.
So to clarify...I can buy ANY SATA hard drive then? The interface doesn't matter? should i just buy the samsung one I posted before?
Thanks

This is a SATA vs IDE connector:

You want to get a SATA harddrive. As long as it is a laptop harddrive, it should fit.

~Lordbob

 

[SolarWind]

I think google images has confused her with sata converters attached and the like, so she thinks there are different SATA connections. They are industry standard so any 2.5" SATA hdd will fit.


Edit* she replaces he

 

[archwonder]

ok brilliant, thanks everyone, yes google images did confuse me (and I'm a she lol)
As I said before, I am a novice!
Cheers, I'm sorted now

 

[Lordbob75]

ok brilliant, thanks everyone, yes google images did confuse me (and I'm a she lol)
As I said before, I am a novice!
Cheers, I'm sorted now

Don't worry about it. There can be a lot of information thrown out there.

Glad you got it figured out.

~Lordbob

 

[SolarWind]

oops! Sorry