Need ATA hard drive replacement for Aspire 5520
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From: M.L. on 19 Jun 2010 08:21 I'm trying to replace the 80 GB hard drive of my Acer Aspire 5520-5290 laptop (Hitachi HTS541680J9SA00 ATA model). All the replacements I've found so far are for the SATA model. I'd like to know if it can be replaced with any generic 2.5" ATA hard drive. I'd also like to know if ATA is equivalent to IDE. Thanks.
From: Bob Villa on 19 Jun 2010 09:02 On Jun 19, 7:21 am, M.L. <m...(a)privacy.invalid> wrote: > I'm trying to replace the 80 GB hard drive of my Acer Aspire 5520-5290 > laptop (Hitachi HTS541680J9SA00 ATA model). All the replacements I've > found so far are for the SATA model. I'd like to know if it can be > replaced with any generic 2.5" ATA hard drive. I'd also like to know > if ATA is equivalent to IDE. Thanks. The generic should be fine. Some drives have an adapter that needs to come off the old IDE drive. It just snaps or pulls-off in most cases. (yes it is equivalent) bob
From: BillW50 on 19 Jun 2010 09:13 In news:65dp16p74ri1hlda04l7a4jem1rmnsfohu(a)4ax.com, M.L. typed on Sat, 19 Jun 2010 07:21:48 -0500: > I'm trying to replace the 80 GB hard drive of my Acer Aspire 5520-5290 > laptop (Hitachi HTS541680J9SA00 ATA model). All the replacements I've > found so far are for the SATA model. I'd like to know if it can be > replaced with any generic 2.5" ATA hard drive. I'd also like to know > if ATA is equivalent to IDE. Thanks. Yes. you want a 2.5" SATA IDE (integrated drive electronics) drive. Which is the most common nowadays in the 2.5" format. -- Bill Gateway M465e ('06 era) - Windows XP SP3
From: John Doue on 19 Jun 2010 12:22 On 6/19/2010 3:13 PM, BillW50 wrote: > In news:65dp16p74ri1hlda04l7a4jem1rmnsfohu(a)4ax.com, > M.L. typed on Sat, 19 Jun 2010 07:21:48 -0500: >> I'm trying to replace the 80 GB hard drive of my Acer Aspire 5520-5290 >> laptop (Hitachi HTS541680J9SA00 ATA model). All the replacements I've >> found so far are for the SATA model. I'd like to know if it can be >> replaced with any generic 2.5" ATA hard drive. I'd also like to know >> if ATA is equivalent to IDE. Thanks. > > Yes. you want a 2.5" SATA IDE (integrated drive electronics) drive. > Which is the most common nowadays in the 2.5" format. > Bill, I am not sure the OP realizes that the drive he wants to replace is a *SATA* drive (as opposed to PATA, aka IDE/ATA). You are associating SATA and IDE, which is confusing imho, although probably technically correct stricto sensu. -- John Doue
From: Bob Villa on 19 Jun 2010 12:49
On Jun 19, 5:21 am, M.L. <m...(a)privacy.invalid> wrote: > I'm trying to replace the 80 GB hard drive of my Acer Aspire 5520-5290 > laptop (Hitachi HTS541680J9SA00 ATA model). All the replacements I've > found so far are for the SATA model. I'd like to know if it can be > replaced with any generic 2.5" ATA hard drive. I'd also like to know > if ATA is equivalent to IDE. Thanks. After looking up the drive...it is SATA and not the old type drives. Sorry! |