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Answer» I don't know much about hardware so please bear with me if my question sounds STUPID.
Is there any special type of hard drive I need, i.e. some special specification I should look into before buying (the wrong) ONE?
For instance, would this be ok?
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822148591As long as your chipset supports SATA it should work fine, because SATA is backwards COMPATIBLE; SATA II and III will work with SATA I ports. What is the model of your VAIO?
There are some old notorious chipsets that require you to have a jumper on your drive to force it to operate in SATA I mode; e.g. http://forums.seagate.com/t5/Barracuda-XT-Barracuda-Barracuda/Seagate-barracuda-7200-12-jumpered-to-SATA-150/td-p/33122 . Those are USUALLY chipsets with old Intel ICH4/5/6 / VIA8237 I/O controllers.thanks for your helpnever mind I GOT my answerHuH ? ? ?
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