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Can Sata II support this drive?

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I'm currently on a project to revive an old laptop. I'll switch from HDD to SSD, whoever the SATA version is only SATA II.

I've been thinking of buying this SSD:

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Will SATA II recognize the 4tb size? I know it won't be able to make use of all the speed, but will the capacity be recognized?

My system is 64 bits so that shouldn't be a problem on recognizing large drives.

 

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SATA will work, whether the BIOS recognises the full size or not is unrelated and can't really know for sure.

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Yes, it will work fine, but why such a massive drive for an old laptop? What is the specific model of your laptop?

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32 minutes ago, Electronics Wizardy said:

Yea it will work fine on sata 2.

 

Some older systems have a drive limit, so what system is this? You can return the drive esaily if you need to though with amazon.

 

32 minutes ago, Kilrah said:

SATA will work, whether the BIOS recognises the full size or not is unrelated and can't really know for sure.

It's an Intel Core 2 Duo T660 in an Inspiron 1440. Do you think it can be recognized?

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39 minutes ago, ClariceHatischvili said:

I'm currently on a project to revive an old laptop. I'll switch from HDD to SSD, whoever the SATA version is only SATA II.

I've been thinking of buying this SSD:

image.thumb.png.f662780f3bec54e272481e1e047d01f1.png

 

Will SATA II recognize the 4tb size? I know it won't be able to make use of all the speed, but will the capacity be recognized?

My system is 64 bits so that shouldn't be a problem on recognizing large drives.

 

Thanks!

 

It will be hard to tell for 100% certain because there are many factors such as your the model of your laptop, what motherboard BIOS version you're on, etc. For best chances, update your BIOS to the latest firmware version if it isn't on that already.


Given that it is an older laptop that could potentially still be using legacy BIOS instead of UEFI, you will be capped at 2TB at the maximum for your storage drive with legacy BIOS.

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2 minutes ago, ClariceHatischvili said:

 

It's an Intel Core 2 Duo T660 in an Inspiron 1440. Do you think it can be recognized?

Id guess there is a 2tib limit, or its pretty likely there is. 

 

Why so big of a ssd here? Id personally spend that money on a better laptop

 

Amazon is great with returns, so just test it your self.

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1 minute ago, Electronics Wizardy said:

Id guess there is a 2tib limit, or its pretty likely there is. 

 

Why so big of a ssd here? Id personally spend that money on a better laptop

 

Amazon is great with returns, so just test it your self.

 

Yeah, unless you really need that much high speed storage (ex. scrubbing through large amounts of video, hosting your own media server, etc) at any given moment, cloud storage or a HDD/NAS may be a better solution for you. If you know that you are on a legacy BIOS then there's really no need to try it because it will be capped at 2TB, if you aren't sure or know that you have a UEFI BIOS then experiment (buy from Amazon or other retailers with an excellent return policy).

Hope this information post was helpful  ?,

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15 minutes ago, Boomwebsearch said:

 

It will be hard to tell for 100% certain because there are many factors such as your the model of your laptop, what motherboard BIOS version you're on, etc. For best chances, update your BIOS to the latest firmware version if it isn't on that already.


Given that it is an older laptop that could potentially still be using legacy BIOS instead of UEFI, you will be capped at 2TB at the maximum for your storage drive with legacy BIOS.

 

12 minutes ago, Electronics Wizardy said:

Id guess there is a 2tib limit, or its pretty likely there is. 

 

Why so big of a ssd here? Id personally spend that money on a better laptop

 

Amazon is great with returns, so just test it your self.

 

3 minutes ago, Boomwebsearch said:

 

Yeah, unless you really need that much high speed storage (ex. scrubbing through large amounts of video, hosting your own media server, etc) at any given moment, cloud storage or a HDD/NAS may be a better solution for you. If you know that you are on a legacy BIOS then there's really no need to try it because it will be capped at 2TB, if you aren't sure or know that you have a UEFI BIOS then experiment (buy from Amazon or other retailers with an excellent return policy).

Apparently it's a legacy BIOS. I'll have to go with 2TB. Thanks a lot, you all! 

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Apparently it's a legacy BIOS. I'll have to go with 2TB. Thanks a lot, you all! 

Is this the boot drive for your laptop? Legacy only affects the boot drive. If you want more storage you can also replace your cd/dvd drive with a ssd/hdd

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1 minute ago, Electronics Wizardy said:

Is this the boot drive for your laptop? Legacy only affects the boot drive. If you want more storage you can also replace your cd/dvd drive with a ssd/hdd

Yeah, I was intending to use it as boot the drive.

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