PATA IDE to SATA adapter for laptop?

pers0n · 11-27-2016, 12:10 PM

I see that PATA IDE hdd drives on eBay almost cost the same as a SATA laptop drives.

So I was thinking of getting aPATA IDE to SATA adapter for laptop.

This should work fine right? I know it won't use the faster speed although I can get a 7200 rpm laptop drive, so that would be faster and if I goto Linux i can get some more life out of my old pc tablet from 2006 w2gb ram

rokytnji · 11-27-2016, 12:23 PM

What? One of these?

It can be hit or miss sometimes. Depending on Motherboard, bios, and make of model of a laptop.
Old old laptops , like I am used to. Sometimes won't see the hard drive because the laptop is older than sata.

I quietly buy stuff like this. Sometimes it works. Sometimes it does not.
Being 2006 gear. You might luck out.

I hope you know that IDE SSD drives are available. It would probably be a better route than the adapter.

pers0n · 11-27-2016, 09:56 PM

Thanks

I guess I'll get an IDE HDD, hate to spend $15 on a drive that wont work w an adapter and an IDE SSD is too much $ to put into my old laptop.

Doug G · 11-28-2016, 12:02 AM

Oops. Never mind.

replica9000 · 11-29-2016, 02:00 PM

Last time I looked into getting a larger (>120gb) IDE drive for my 2006 laptop, I found it would be more cost effective to just buy a new laptop.

pers0n · 11-29-2016, 03:42 PM

The IDE drive is under $16 w free shipping. I think the main reason I keep it is because the screen goes totally flat, I can use the stylus, finger-nib & built in mouse buttons. I guess most modern laptops will work closed though and have trackpads.