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I have this "older" laptop that runs GREAT!!! I just need more storage space. It currently has a 60 GB IDE harddrive. My question is can I use a SATA harddrive? I have been looking on Newegg and the SATA harddrives are bigger and are less money than IDE. Thanks for the help.

Hi Arthur,

No, not in a laptop. In a desktop, you can either install a SATA controller or use an adapter; but in a laptop, neither of these things are possible. So, you'll have to buy a 2.5" IDE harddrive before they stop making them!

I replaced a HD in my 2007 Dell that took a SATA drive.

Yes, if the stock hard drive is a SATA, then you need to put another SATA unit in there! But if the stock HD is an IDE, then you gotta' use another IDE...

artmanvt2000 wrote:I have this "older" laptop that runs GREAT!!! I just need more storage space. It currently has a 60 GB IDE harddrive. My question is can I use a SATA harddrive?

I think this might be worth a look and luck might have a bit to do with it.

SATA>IDE and IDE>SATA adapters are both tiny and cost about $5 on eBay.

Typically, a laptop hard disk is a standard 2.5" unit that sits in a proprietory box and connected via a cable. The question is - would a SATA>IDE adapter fit in the box as well?

And if you look you might find that is does! There may even be adapters expressly for this purpose, i.e. for laptops, and trawling eBay is likely to show this .