[ale] Which Hard drive do I have

David Tomaschik ozone at webgroup.org
Wed Sep 12 19:12:43 EDT 2007


JK wrote:
> James Earl Smith wrote:
>
>> I have a dell inspiron 5150, I need a new hard drive. I am finding
>> ATA-6 and serial ATA 150. But I do not know which I need to bay that
>> will work with my laptop.
>
> Pull the drive out and look.  It's usually a very simple
> procedure -- remove a couple of screws and the HD should
> fall right out.  I used to have an Inspiron, and changed
> the drive a couple of times during its lifetime.
>
> -- JK
>
I have a 5100 and it's ATA all the way.  Most likely the 5150 is as
well... SATA drives were not common then.

David



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