Hard drive upgrade

trinikid

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Can i upgrade the 500gb harddrive internal HD to a 1TB sata internal hard drive in my Acer Aspire 7551-7422 Laptop considering I get the right spec for HD tray
 

house70

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If it fits, it will work. Replace PATA with PATA and SATA with SATA.
It will work if the old HDD is also a SATA.
PATA is not used anymore, but it was until a few years ago, and occasionally one can find a PATA drive inside an old laptop.