can ata-5 hard drive be upgraded to ssd

[bwtrix]

Satellite P25-S487 ata main hard drive is reporting problems is there an up grade path to ssd

 

[rgd1101]

This? https/www.cnet.com/products/toshiba-satellite-p25-s487-17-p4-512-mb-ram-60-gb-hdd/specs/
running on xp?

 

[Saga Lout]

I'm afraid not. Your existing drive is Parallel ATA and the newer version, including SSDs are Serial ATA.

You could buy a SATA SSD and run it off USB but it wouldn't be any benefit to you. Sadly, your laptop has age-related restrictions on speeding up the system any faster than it can now.

 

[bwtrix]

I'm afraid not. Your existing drive is Parallel ATA and the newer version, including SSDs are Serial ATA.

You could buy a SATA SSD and run it off USB but it wouldn't be any benefit to you. Sadly, your laptop has age-related restrictions on speeding up the system any faster than it can now.

 

[bwtrix]

well this is a comfortable piece for my little home studio
with a firewire that connects to a audio mixer running a recording software package I own

can I still replace the pata with a new one (where to find ???)... it was upgraded to xp pro but willing to upgrade OS at this time ....
to something newer if it makes sense....I guess maybe a new computer would be smarter but don;'t use it that much and don't want to spend a lot of cash...

 

[Saga Lout]

You would find one on e-Bay or at a Computer Fair if they still exist where you live. Go for a 160GB.

Upgrade that RAM as well and if you aren't wedded to Microsoft utilities, use a Linux operating system.

That's the way to get speed out of older units that don't deserve going ot the tip.