IDE to SATA

r2015

Will this enable me to replace the IDE hard drive in a Dell D600 laptop with a SATA Hard drive?


Another leftover from upgrading a netbook


http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/SATA-Femal...item4adc0724db

System

I doubt if there is enough space to get that in the HD hole as well as a drive.

r2015

I doubt if there is enough space to get that in the HD hole as well as a drive.

That is what I was thinking.

The present hard drive clicks and rattles and I have a SATA drive just sitting here.

Any other solution?

Big_Graeme

Yep buy an IDE hard drive.

r2015

Yep buy an IDE hard drive

Why does everybody want me to spend money buying new equipment instead of adapting what I have?



that's new memory, new hard drive and new printer so far.

nottoolate

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cEeHxopvR3I

sata already?

System

nottoolate wrote: »

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cEeHxopvR3I

sata already?

No it's not

Hard Disk Drives* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20GB5, EIDE/ATA-100 (4200RPM); 30GB5 EIDE/ATA-100; (4200RPM); 40GB5 EIDE/ATA-100 (5400RPM); 60GB5
EIDE/ATA-100 (4200RPM);

http://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=3&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0CDgQFjAC&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.dell.com%2Fdownloads%2Fglobal%2Fproducts%2Flatit%2Fen%2Fspec_latit_d600_en.pdf&ei=uYc3VLXrFovwaPCkgcAP&usg=AFQjCNFv8aXUhRUU6Z74zvjXjd9YQiyeyg&sig2=ddEosT-k28-GJB5HuH-08g&bvm=bv.76943099,d.d2s

System

r2015 wrote: »

Why does everybody want me to spend money buying new equipment instead of adapting what I have?



that's new memory, new hard drive and new printer so far.

As far as the hard drive is concerned then it's probably the only option. Laptops aren't designed to add 'another bit' to make stuff work that it was not designed for.

nottoolate

so it is. mistook the adapter it uses in that vid to connect the ide drive to the dell hard drive slot

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=cEeHxopvR3I#t=235

kwikbreaks

r2015 wrote: »

Why does everybody want me to spend money buying new equipment instead of adapting what I have?

Because if you have a netbook with a failing IDE drive and don't have a replacement you will eventually be adapting it to be a doorstop, paperweight, or landfill.