I want to replace the PATA HDD with a SATA Hdd or a SSD
Well, you will want to open up the side of your computer and see if there are SATA ports on the motherboard. They look like this:
Though they may not be blue.
If there are SATA ports on your board, you are in good shape. Just buy any SATA hard drive (SATA2 and SATA3 are backwards compatible) and connect it with the SATA connector and a SATA power connector from the power supply. Don't be afraid, these can only plug in one way without forcing them and only SATA plugs will fit.
After that, there are a variety of drive cloning programs you can use to clone your current hard drive onto another so that you don't lose anything.
If you don't have SATA plugs on your motherboard, it is easily remedied. You can buy a PCI SATA card for quite a reasonable price like this one:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16816124024
You will also probably need a small adapter like this:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16812189121
To convert a molex plug into a SATA power plug.
After you plug in the card and the new hard drive, run the driver CD for the SATA add-in card and then run a cloning program.
SOURCE: Dell Latitude D600 laptop Hard Drive replacement
The motherboard does not support SATA. If you want to use SATA, you'll have to use an adapter. Not sure if this is possible in your laptop. Also I don't think this increases performance very much.
So it's not gonna be a faster drive, but larger can...
SOURCE: will the seagate 80GB PATA HDD be compatible to Dell D420 model
Yes it is compatible.
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what exactly is your question?
My question is can a laptop that runs on a Pata hard drive be switched to a SATA or an SSD and if so How?
Oh sorry, I thought this was an Inspiron desktop. No, you can't use SATA drives in a laptop designed for PATA.
Thanks ,Jeff
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