I have a TOSHIBA MK2565GSX 2.5 drive in my laptop now. It is a sata drive. Can this sata lll drive be used in it's place??
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Yes. Sata 3 drives are backwards compatible with Sata 2 Connections and vice versa. But you'll be capped with Sata 2 speed.
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Yes, the Samsung SSD 830 will throttle down to Sata2 if your laptop chipset has Sata2 configuration. Otherwise, It'll run as Sata3 if your laptop has Sata3 chipset in it. Other words, Samsung SSD 830 is backward compatible with Sata2.
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I believe so. As long as the drive fits in your current laptop, you should be fine.
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Some hd have different thickness. This one would fit most likely, but you do want to make sure it doesn't wiggle around. Also that your os support trim.
1412207
Yes. I have the same model of laptop and this drive work pretty well. Don't hesitate to buy it.
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Yes, you can use your SATA drive in the enclosure. Please note, if it is a high capacity drive it will require special formatting. You can find that information and instructions on how to do that on the Web.
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The bottom line is that this drive, and probably every SATA drive on the market, is designed for internal setup as the 'C' drive. I have installed a SATA drive as a secondary drive in a desktop with cabling for more than a single drive.
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This is an IDE drive, you may need a SATA drive. The model docs do not say what type of connector it has. The hard drive is SATA so I would say you would need the same. Open the laptop and compare connectors to be sure.
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I can't think of any reason why it wouldn't work in any modern laptop or desktop, as long as there's room and an available connector. It would certainly work as a replacement for the original drive.
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Hello:I'll assume your laptop has an eSATA port on it? In that case, you could plug this drive into the laptop if the drive was housed in an external drive enclosure that uses the eSATA interface, but if you're asking whether this drive will install in the laptop the answer is no, this is a desktop drive, you need a 2.5" SATA drive.
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Yes. Just make sure the old drive is SATA. Remember to format it to windows file system NTSF if using windows.
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Not officially, but as long as the drive has a standard SATA port, you can set it in there and lean it up against the side of the thing. It will read, but it is by no means a permanent solution. For laptop drives lookup the thunderbolt goflex adapter, it's better suited for 2.5 inch drives.
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While I happen to own a 505, the drive in question was installed in my daughter's Dell. SATA is SATA, so I wouldn't expect a problem, but while it *should* work in the Toshiba, I can't speak from direct personal experience.
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Any 2.5" hard drive, regardless of manufacturer, should work as long as it is SATA. Your SATA drive should be no exception and should work perfectly.
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Any sata drive should be fine, and all of the versions are backwards compatible with the sata version. You just have to screw it into the caddy on your current drive, but if you don't need that much space look at a 128 GB solid state drive sdd at 2.5 inches. Make your lap top faster on the cheap.
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dunno, the MK2552 is a SATA 300 interface, 250 gb drive, and if the a305 model laptop is that, and same size, it should work....looks like it is a SATA 150 with a 320 mb drive, a bit different. http://www.cnet.com/laptops/toshiba-satellite-a305-s6837/4505-3121_7-32976318.html
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The drive should be compatible with your laptop. Hopefully, your existing drive isn't totally gone and you have the means to transfer your existing info to the new drive.
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Yup, most definitely. All modern laptops (the last 10 years+) use SATA type 2.5" hard drives.
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All SATA Drives are backward compatible. Go to for a summary: http://kb.sandisk.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/8142/~/difference-between-sata-i,-sata-ii-and-sata-iii
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I just installed it in my daughter's Toshiba laptop last night with the same series of laptop you mention. Just don't lose the screws when you take the other hard drive out. I am assuming that you will clone the original to it. Or load an OS with it. Either way my daughter is up and running all day just fine!