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hard disk compatibility ASAP

2 posts · originally from https://geek.digit.in/community/threads/hard-disk-compatibility-asap.43507/

Arsenal_Gunners
Arsenal_Gunners Original post #1
Dec 11, 2006 at 8:48 PM
hello everyone,i have a a samsung 80gb sata 1 hd at present.it wasnt sufiicient
so i decided to buy a new hd, it is the seagate 250gb sata 2 drive.I have asus a8n-e mb which supports sata 2.so the question is will the new hd work with my
80 gb disk.will there be any compatibility issues or performance lag.give the answer by tomorrow evening as i will have it installed tomorrow.:D
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da_tcpip #2
Dec 13, 2006 at 10:17 PM
i dont think theres anything to worry.. only thing that would be downside is that you would get slower data rates while transfering data from sata2 to sata1 when compared to sata2 to sata2..