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Gabe1972 · September 4th, 2005, 09:47 PM

I have a laptop that the hard drive just died in and it is an ATA-5. Can I just replace it with an ATA-6 drive and it will just transfer data at the ATA-5 rate because of the hard drive controller? The reason I ask is because ATA-6 drives are like 60 or 70 bucks for a cheap one, whereas ATA-5 drives start at well over 100. Thanks

September 4th, 2005, 09:47 PM	#1 (permalink)
Gabe1972 Junior Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 2	ATA-5 or ATA-6? I have a laptop that the hard drive just died in and it is an ATA-5. Can I just replace it with an ATA-6 drive and it will just transfer data at the ATA-5 rate because of the hard drive controller? The reason I ask is because ATA-6 drives are like 60 or 70 bucks for a cheap one, whereas ATA-5 drives start at well over 100. Thanks