Adapter for Dell Inspiron 6000 drive

[bevills1]

Are there adapters to allow use of SATA laptop hard drive in a Dell Inspiron 6000 laptop, or must replacement drive be a PATA drive? I've never replaced a laptop hard drive before, but the SATA drives are priced lower with greater capacity than PATA drives.

[MJA]

Are there adapters to allow use of SATA laptop hard drive in a Dell Inspiron 6000 laptop, or must replacement drive be a PATA drive? I've never replaced a laptop hard drive before, but the SATA drives are priced lower with greater capacity than PATA drives.

The problem with notebook computers is space. Would there even be enough space in your laptop for one if such an adapter existed

[aedipuss]

the laptop drives i've replaced have all been direct connect, no cable between the drive and motherboard. absolutely no room for any adapter.

[bevills1]

I just read this laptop has ATA-6 hard drive and that SATA drives are ATA-7 which means it wouldn't work even if there were space for an adapter. This means this laptop will work only with ATA-6 drives unfortunately.

[Krispy Kritter]

You can go to the Dell website ( http://accessories.us.dell.com/sna/DellPartsFamily.aspx?c=us&l=en&cs=19&s=dhs ) and find out what parts will work in your laptop.