Sata or ATA-100 hard drive inside? I was hoping to find out if there's a SATA or a ATA-100 hard drive in this external hard drive??Any help is appreciated!
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Hello, there is a 2.5" SATA drive inside the case. A Momentus 5400.3 to be exact.
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So, it's a SATA. Thank you so much for replying -- it's very much appreciated...
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There is no drive. You need to install one after you buy the unit. This is a pretty good product. I used a 1TB Sata drive. Just pop open the case, plug in and mount the drive. Then put the case back together. Turn it on. Then follow the GUI prompts. Install the drive before you power in the unit.
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I think you must be mistaken. I have never seen a drive with a female connector. They are either IDE or SATA. And both of those are male. Unless you have some crazy mutant drive; in which case I would love to see it. Send me a picture or the model #. The device worked perfectly for me and it looked exactly like the picture. I used it to connect an IDE Hard drive to a motherboard that only had SATA ports.
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you should buy msata ssd, there's no sata slot inside. but l removed the CD driver to put my sata ssd inside. hope it will be helpful. :)
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This particular Hard Drive uses Enhanced integrated drive electronics (EIDE) interface; however, WD does manufacture hard drives with SATA (Serial ATA) interface. You need to know what your computer motherboard supports to know what hard drive interface to order.
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I know this is an old thread but if you're still looking...I bought a 3 TB for $169 at a big box store with a yellow logo.Probably not much help if you're not in the US but Amazon has it for $149 - USB 3 too! Very fast transfers.Seagate FreeAgent GoFlex Desk 3 TB USB 3.0 External Hard Drive STAC3000102
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It looks like there are slots for SATA 1.0 and SATA 2.0 with one being used by the currently installed hard drive. So there is an available slot to plug one in but I seriously doubt another internal hard drive would physically fit in the case. I would just add an external drive. I have two hooked up to mine :).
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Thanks for your information. I did also find out that there's a sata port intended for an optical drive. If so, then I can mount the SSD in that bay and still have all 4 bays for data. Now - does anybody know if the BIOS can handle 3TB drives without repartitioning?
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I contacted my external hard drive mfg. (Seagate) via web & then called. They researched the item, gave me the model # for the item and recommended Amazon for best price!Received it quickly and am very happy!
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HDDs under 100gig will not work, I tried my old 20s 50s 60s etc,.. they would not work 100+ is ok.
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All SATA is backward compatible AFAIK. I think that's why Seagate doesn't mention it in their specs. I've never had a problem -- I'm using two of these (3GB each) in a NAS that only supports 3gbs.
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This hard drive is compatible with sata 6gb? I hope your early reply thank you in advance.
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I use both WD and Seagate for storage - I have a Blue Face WD10 EARS model, I've had that for about 7 years, I abuse it daily. On my other system, I bought a low-speed (5400 rpm?) Seagate ST1000DL - Which got some nasty reviews on Amazon - But I've had that for 2 years and no trouble, it's only for storage so I don't need the speed. I don't have any SATA3 HDD's at all, I don't have any motherboards that support it. I'll have to get an Add-on Card
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Hard drives are relatively universal, if there's enough space in the drive bay to fit, you can put it in there.Remember, this is a Serial ATA drive, you may need an adapter depending on the sort of connector. Could you open up the drive bay and show me the connectors on the device? If not, at least provide a description of how the drive is connected.
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I have been loking around for an external drive, and I've noticed they all fail! IMO the best way to gois to have 2 of the drives and do a periodic copy of each to each. I have a free agent on my mac and it has been working perfectly, but I am looking for a drive to back up between a PC and a mac. Two cheap drives may be more reliable than a single more expensive, since they all fail and you cant "pay out" of the uncertainty. Change that: Buy two expensive hard drives and dont even fool with the Seagates..
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Toshiba MK2552GSX2.5-inch SATA 250 GB Hard Disk Drive <---- If this is your hard drive. The link : 2.5-Inch USB 2.0 Aluminum External SATA Hard Drive Enclosure (Silver) Is the one you need.Hope that helps.Sincerely,A.Hansen
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Hard to tell, but if the drive was working fine before putting it in the enclosure, then there's a good chance the enclosure is defective. The quality is pretty bad, unfortunately... Same thing happened to me. I complained and got a replacement. Any chance you can put your drive in a different enclosure, to test it?