HDD compatability on DELL Inspiron 6400

Am looking at purchasing the DELL Inspiron 6400 which comes with 60G
SATA HDD. There is an option to get the 120G SATA but I already own a
WD SATA 120G which is in a external enclosure and wonder if it can be
used in the new laptop or has DELL made changes that require a DELL
HDD.

Star@*.* wrote:
> Am looking at purchasing the DELL Inspiron 6400 which comes with 60G
> SATA HDD. There is an option to get the 120G SATA but I already own a
> WD SATA 120G which is in a external enclosure and wonder if it can be
> used in the new laptop or has DELL made changes that require a DELL
> HDD.

It's standard.

As long as the drive inside the external enclosure is the right size
(2.5"), that is.

On 6 Oct 2006 23:33:56 -0700, "" <> wrote:

>
>Star@*.* wrote:
>> Am looking at purchasing the DELL Inspiron 6400 which comes with 60G
>> SATA HDD. There is an option to get the 120G SATA but I already own a
>> WD SATA 120G which is in a external enclosure and wonder if it can be
>> used in the new laptop or has DELL made changes that require a DELL
>> HDD.
>
>It's standard.
>
>As long as the drive inside the external enclosure is the right size
>(2.5"), that is.

Thanks for the info. Yes the drive in the external enclosure is a
2.5".

also need to check sata vs pata compatibility.
newer laptops use sata hard drives now

Star@*.* wrote:
> On 6 Oct 2006 23:33:56 -0700, "" <> wrote:
>
>> Star@*.* wrote:
>>> Am looking at purchasing the DELL Inspiron 6400 which comes with 60G
>>> SATA HDD. There is an option to get the 120G SATA but I already own a
>>> WD SATA 120G which is in a external enclosure and wonder if it can be
>>> used in the new laptop or has DELL made changes that require a DELL
>>> HDD.
>> It's standard.
>>
>> As long as the drive inside the external enclosure is the right size
>> (2.5"), that is.
>
> Thanks for the info. Yes the drive in the external enclosure is a
> 2.5".
>
>