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I have a 13 inch macbook pro and I need more space, will this work?by
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Lakewood, CO
11 years, 11 months ago
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No this is for a desktop not laptop/notebook.7 years, 3 months ago
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Nope, this is a desktop drive. For a Non Retina 2012 or older Macbook-pro you'll need a 2.5" SATA drive.by
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7 years, 7 months ago
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NO It will not work. Its too big. You need a 2.5 form factorby
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no, this is a desktop harddrive which is too large to fit inside of a laptop. And in your case I would need to know a bit more info before recommending a drive to you. Do you know your model number and year? To get the model number you'll need to click the apple logo in the very top right of the screen and click about mac. If you have a newer one, and certainly if it's got a Retina display, you're unfortunately looking at a *very* expensive and unsupported upgrade as these units have proprietary SSD cards. Otherwise, and again it depends on model number, a standard 2.5" laptop HDD SSD or SSHD would work like a charm.8 years ago
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No9 years, 6 months ago
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This is a desktop hard drive. It is a 3.5 inch full size hard drive. It will not fit in a laptop.by
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No it will not work because the hard drive is meant for a desktop and will be too big to fit inside your laptop's current hard drive space.You can however, use it externally after formatting it to a MAC.
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9 years, 9 months ago
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No, this is a full-size desktop internal hard drive (3.5"). You will need a 2.5" hard drive for a macbook pro.by
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Charlotte, NC
11 years, 10 months ago
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The Seagate Barracuda 1TB Internal Serial ATA Hard Drive is a 3.5" drive for Desktop systems. We believe the Macbook Pro takes laptop size drives (2.5") but you would want to confirm this with Apple. We do have 2.5" laptop drives available as well and have listed this under My product recommendations.Products from my answer
Seagate - Momentus 750 GB 2.5" Hard Drive - Plug-in Module
Seagate - Momentus Hybrid Hard Drive
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11 years, 11 months ago
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7 years, 5 months ago
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Just coming back to say this drive worked like a charm. I had a second bay and just dropped this drive in that bay. Unplugged the old one and left it in. Took 15 minutes tops.by
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6 years, 9 months ago
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Standard 3.5 inch SATA drive. Should work fine.7 years, 5 months ago
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Thank you everyone for your assistance.@ Richard or anyone else who can answer, must I purchase a new mounting bracket for this new drive or can I just use the bracket that the old drive I am replacing is using?
Again thank you in advance for your assistance everyone.
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7 years, 5 months ago
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Worked for me replacing a Barracuda. Understand, this is a SATA III drive. You need a motherboard with SATA ability. I used the SABRENT BK-HDDH bracket to mount it.7 years, 5 months ago
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I don't see why not; but that would depend on the SATA configuration of your motherboard. Check the docs that came with it and the support area of the website of the manufacturer of the motherboard. Post a question to their community forum or their support area.7 years, 5 months ago
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Yes.7 years, 5 months ago
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12 years, 2 months ago
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No it won't. The PS3 uses 2.5" drives. This is a 3.5" drive.9 years, 2 months ago
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No.by
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9 years, 3 months ago
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No you need a 2.5" size hard drive to put inside the PS3.by
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9 years, 3 months ago
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No, you need a notebook drive9 years, 3 months ago
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No it wont cuz there drives are 2.5 the ones that fits the laptopsby
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11 years, 9 months ago
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No, the Barracuda line of drives will not fit in a PS3. The Playstation 3 uses a 2½ inch drive that has a spindle speed of 5400 RPM. The Momentus line of drives will physically fit in the PS3. Please note: changing the drive prior to discussing with Sony may void the warranty on your Playstation. Seagate cannot support a drive installed in a PS3, nor can we assist with installation.by
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12 years, 2 months ago
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I see other brands with larger gb storage, but there does'nt seem to be any identifying information as to whether Im getting the same style or physical size that would fit.For instance I see a Baracuda 1TB hard drive on line here SKU 8490625 for $139. would this fit my laptop
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12 years, 4 months ago
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You need either 2.5" laptop drive. This one says "Desktop" on the box.9 years, 3 months ago
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To figure out whether it will fit, check the height of the device, if it's 5.75 then it's gonna be a 3.5 inch form fact connector and not fit in a laptop, A .5 inch one is gonna to however be the 2.5 inch form factor connector which is for laptops. Unfortunately best buy does not include connector form factor in their specs, but they usually just label them as desktop or laptop.by
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9 years, 3 months ago
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No, this is a desktop drive. You need a notebook drive.9 years, 3 months ago
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Laptops all use size 2.5.The Seagate model here is for Desktops and is size 3.5 .
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12 years, 3 months ago
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The drive you posted the SKU for is a 3.5" internal for desktops. You would need to get a 2.5" laptop SATA drive like SKU: 4225101Products from my answer
WD - Scorpio Blue 1TB Internal Serial ATA Hard Drive for Laptops
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12 years, 3 months ago
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This drive will not fit in your laptop. Barracuda drives are 3½" drives. Your laptop uses 2½" drives. The Momentus family of drives will fit in your laptop. Make sure you verify with Toshiba before purchasing a drive. They may have issues with heat from drives faster than the one that originally shipped with your laptop.by
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12 years, 4 months ago
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Description says pc but doesn't say much else.by
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8 years, 1 month ago
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Yes if its a SATA interface.7 years, 9 months ago
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I replaced my 500gb hard drive on my lorex security system, with this 1tb hard drive. This is my second one. It runs 24 hours a day. Way cheaper than replacing the whole dvr.7 years, 11 months ago
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Installed in a Digimerge 8ch, fit in same place as the original.7 years, 11 months ago
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Hi, yes this will work in your device.8 years, 1 month ago
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Yes, this hard drive will work in a Swann 8 Channel CCTV DVR.8 years, 1 month ago
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It is SATA2 (3Gbps). SATA3 is 6Gbps.by
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SATA 38 years, 2 months ago
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This unit is a SATA 6 and is backwards compatible to SATA 3.8 years, 7 months ago
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It's the 3 which is currently the highest performance standard. The motherboard must support sata 3 or performance is reduced.by
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8 years, 10 months ago
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The Seagate ST310005N1A1AS is 6Gb/s SATA and is backwards compatible with 3Gb/s SATA.by
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8 years, 10 months ago
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SATA 3by
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I believe it is SATA 3 (aka SATA II). Not that it matters - SATA 6 (SATA III) is backwards compatible with SATA II and no traditional, platter hard drive like this can saturate SATA II transfer speeds. You're good to go whether your interface is II or III.8 years, 11 months ago
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This is SATA 6.8 years, 11 months ago
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Does this drive come fully Formated for Win7......so once installed....it is ready to work.by
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I believe this has to be formatted.7 years, 1 month ago
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If you are asking if it comes with the operating system installed, the answer is no. When you install Windows 7, it should handle any formatting required as part of the installation process.7 years, 5 months ago
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Once installed into your system, the Windows 7 setup will take care of making partitions and formatting the drive. Just install the drive and enter your bios to make sure your computer does recognize the new drive. Save the bios and your good to go.by
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7 years, 8 months ago
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you can reformat it on the windows 7 cd installer7 years, 9 months ago
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you need to load windows or another operating system9 years, 5 months ago
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Every time I get a new drive, I simply backup my current drive and then swap it with my current drive if I want to use it.by
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9 years, 5 months ago
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Yes, it will be formatted in NTFS, witch is what you would usually want to use these days for an operating system.The Windows 7 install program will also give you information during the install.
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9 years, 9 months ago
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Probably not. You will need to format the drive after you install it. There are utilities built into windows for this.by
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11 years, 10 months ago
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No, you'll need to format it once installed.by
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11 years, 11 months ago
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Internal hard drives do not ship with any formatting as they may be used in a variety of systems. Formatting the drive for use with Windows 7 is fairly quick and painless through Disk Management. Additionally, Windows may even ask you if you want to format the drive upon first boot.by
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11 years, 11 months ago
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Seagate 1TB internal ata drive,m/n st310005n1a1as-rk.by
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10 years, 11 months ago
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None. Partition table is created when your OS is installed. In this case Windows 7 creates the part table.7 years, 11 months ago
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I installed a fresh copy of Win 7 x64 after my last hdd died.no issues encountered.
7 years, 11 months ago
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GPT is typically for drives over 4TB. You can create a FAT32, NTFS or GPT partition on this drive without issue. I'd recommend NTFS but that's just personal preference.by
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8 years, 1 month ago
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It will take any type of partition table that software can create.For Windows 7 to Windows 10, it will work without any problems. Just install it and format it with the default settings. You do not need to worry about the type of parition.
8 years, 2 months ago
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The drive is formatted with NTFS for Windows.by
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10 years, 8 months ago
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Works with W7.Install, format, and you're done.
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10 years, 8 months ago
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GPT is short for GUID Partition Table. The type of table is determined by what type of partitioning you choose. When installing Win7 onto a new hard drive, it will automatically create the necessary tables required. This hard drive is 100% compatible with Windows 7.by
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10 years, 9 months ago
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I partitioned my 1TB with MBR, as my BIOS won't boot from GPT volume. It's working fine. Only the larger (over 2TB) drives require GPT to access the whole drive. I now have the 1TB as my boot drive, and a 3TB GPT for backups (required 64-bit Windows 7).by
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10 years, 10 months ago
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Disk partitioning is the division of storage space for hard drive disks by placing them into separate locations, or partitions. The globally unique identifier (GUID) Partition Table (GPT) is a layout and format that protects the partition of the hard disk. In the Windows XP operating system you can easily remove the GPT protected partition of a hard disk using the Command Prompt feature. Before you begin the process you should make sure you have full administrator access on your computer.GPT Partition Styles
How to Convert a GPT Partition
Things You'll Need
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Click on the “Start” button from the Windows XP desktop and then click on the “Run” option.
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Enter “cmd” in the “Open” field and the click on the “OK” button. The command prompt screen will appear.
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Enter “diskpart” on the command line and then press the “Enter” key.
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Enter “list disk” on the command line and then press the “Enter” key. A list of hard disks will appear.
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Enter “select disk x” in the command line, replacing the “x” with the drive number of the drive from which you want the GTP partitions removed.
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Enter “clean” on the command line and then press the “Enter” key. The GPT protected partition will be removed.
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10 years, 10 months ago
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That drive would work. It has a Serial ATA drive, which is compatible with a Windows 7 GPT partition.Best Buy Mobile and Connectivity Specialist,
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10 years, 11 months ago
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The Barracuda 1TB Internal Serial ATA Hard Drive 7200rpm 32meg buffer is this compatible with Win 7 64bitby
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11 years, 3 months ago
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Yep7 years, 11 months ago
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Yes8 years ago
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Yes. I used with Windows 7 professional 64 bit aND now windows 108 years, 1 month ago
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Yes. All large SATA hard disk drives are compatible with 64 bit operating systems. Drive size limits are normally limited by the file system (FAT32 for example has a 2TB size limit, NTFS is 16TB I believe. Either way you're covered in Windows 7!by
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8 years, 1 month ago
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It worked in my 64bit Win 7 desktop with no issues.by
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10 years, 7 months ago
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Yes, it is compatible with Win 7 64-bit.by
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10 years, 8 months ago
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yesby
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10 years, 8 months ago
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Yes, this is compatible with both Win7 64 & 32. The only compatibility issues that would present themselves with a hard drive are the form factor and connections available on your computer. This is a 3.5" form factor which is standard for majority of desktops, laptops have a smaller form factor. This requires a Sata connection (Narrow flat red connector), 8+ year old computers may use IDE ATA (PATA) 100/133 connectors (Wide flat ribbon cable).by
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10 years, 9 months ago
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Sure if you motherboard supports SATA this drive will work fine with Win7 x64by
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10 years, 10 months ago
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Yes, it is compatible. It doesn't matter for the hard drive if you install 32 or 64 bit OS.by
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11 years, 3 months ago
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10 years, 1 month ago
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The answer is a qualified yes. In addition to the drive you would need a power adapter (cable) to convert the molex power connector to SATA as well as a SATA data cable, which may or may not be included. This drive should be backward compatible to work with the older 3 GB transfer rate ok.7 years, 1 month ago
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THIS item will work with ANY desktop that supports SATA.7 years, 3 months ago
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Yes it will work. You will need to format it once it is installed and after Windows has installed the drivers for it. You will then have a new drive letter to access it by.8 years, 2 months ago
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If your Dell uses an SATA connection, then it should work fine. I used it with my Dell Inspiron 530 to transfer data from a damaged drive.by
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Yes, I recommend "Paragon Backup 2014 Free edition".by
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9 years, 11 months ago
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I'm using a Dell 430 right now but I replaced it with this new one. Can't see any reason a new disc won't work in your pc.by
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10 years ago
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This is a sata drive and the 570 has 4 sata connectors on the motherboard. So yes this drive could be used as a second storage drive.by
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10 years, 1 month ago
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Yes, it should work in any desktop as long as you have room for a second drive in your case.by
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10 years, 1 month ago
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According tohttp://www.findlaptopdriver.com/specs-dell-inspiron-570
it looks like your MB supports 4 SATA drives up to 3gb/sec. Same as my ASUS which is why I bought this drive. No problems, Been using it for about 2 weeks now. In my humble opinion, I would think it would work, although I'm no Dell professional. I would just check to make sure your power supply has enough power cables to support an extra drive rather than a replacement.
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