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Updating hard drive
I am interested in updating to a solid state drive. When looking at upgrades do all laptops use 2.5 inch drives and desktops 3.5 inch drives? I assume it is the same as with disk drives.
ejn63
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May 15th, 2011 18:00
Most notebooks use 2.5" drives, yes. There are some small ones that use 1.8" drives.
Desktops generally use 3.5" drives, but there are some small ones that use 2.5" units - and a 2.5" drive can be used in a 3.5" slot with an adapter bracket.
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May 15th, 2011 19:00
JHNN,
Yes. Newer large laptops use 2.5" SATA drives. Older laptops use 2.5" PATA (IDE) drives. You can check out the exact type of drive a system uses by referring to that system's manual on the Drivers and Downloads site: http://content.dell.com/_layouts/xdb.ashx?global:apps2:sdc:downloads Note that both SATA and PATA 2.5" Solid State drives are available.
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May 15th, 2011 18:00
Thank you. So larger laptops such as the Inspiron, XPS, and Alienware with a 15 or 17 inch screen would use a 2.5" drive?