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I have another older laptop, an ABS G3 Mayhem (~04) with a bad HDD (won't boot, laptop was dropped). I can buy a used HDD for $20 on Amazon but I'd rather upgrade it to a SDD, assuming that it's SSD compatible. My Dell Vostro 1000 (about 1 year newer) was so hopefully this one can be upgraded too.
The original HDD is a 2.5" HTS726060M9AT00 Hitachi Travelstar 7K60 Hard Drive HTS726060M9AT00 and so far, I haven't found any info on a SDD replacement for that.

Maybe it's not even worth it being that I'm not even using it now but one way or another, I need to replace the HDD so that it works.

Anyone here know of a SSD replacement reference site. Crucial's site doesn't list that manufacturer (ABS) and the laptop can't be scanned as-is.


https://www.amazon.com/dp/B003FG1IQQ/re ... EMOXP30US6

That drives shows as an IDE drive. You wont find any SSD's with that interface. Probably dont have the space for a converter, and you would have a performance hit. not worth fighting it.

You're going to need a PATA SSD. I'm pretty sure these drives and the one you're replacing have 44 pin connectors. Please double check. I'd order the one from Amazon because it's cheaper and Amazon has a better return policy should it not work.

Trancend at newegg - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6820208894

KingSpec at Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/128GB-KingSpec-2 ... s=pata+ssd

Any laptop with an IDE interface is probably not worth spending the time and money on.

Yeah, not worth the hassle and especially for an old laptop that I really don't even need anymore. For $20, I ordered the used one from Amazon so that at least it'll work.