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I have a working Dell Inspiron 600M laptop with no Hard Drive.<br />
I want to buy one &amp;&nbsp;wonder if I have to stay with the original type drive:<br />
ATA-100 IDE 44pin<br />
or can I buy a Faster ATA-133 IDE drive (not sure what pins that has)?<br />
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Thanks,<br />
Jim
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I have a working Dell Inspiron 600M laptop with no Hard Drive.
I want to buy one & wonder if I have to stay with the original type drive:
ATA-100 IDE 44pin
or can I buy a Faster ATA-133 IDE drive (not sure what pins that has)?

Thanks,
Jim

Buy Hard Drive for Dell Inspiron  600M ATA100 or is ATA 133 OK to use?

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