install a larger hard drive on laptop

[bomor]

Hello,
I have a Acer Aspire 9301AWSMi, with a SATA hard drive of 160GB, running Vista ultimate.
Lately my hard drive has been giving me lots of problem, and i want to change the hard drive. for a larger hard drive.
Can anyone please tell me what is the biggest 2.5 SATA hard drive I can install, on my present laptop.....or am I over looking??

[Allan]

There's no limit.

[Linux711]

Can anyone please tell me what is the biggest 2.5 SATA

Prolly this one: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136545

[Linux711]

There's no limit.

What do you mean? Of course there is a limit. Is this some joke I am not getting?

[hedgehog88]

What do you mean? Of course there is a limit. Is this some joke I am not getting?

I think what Allan meant by no limit is capacity size, just as long as it exists.

bomor, when looking for a 2.5 HDD, there is no limit to what capacity size you can get.  Though in your case, larger is better, plus its new .

Also consider compatibility. Just looking up your laptop, it takes DDR2 RAM meaning its at least 2-4 years old (just guessing). When you're looking for a 2.5 HDD make sure it isnt SATA2. SATA2 isn't backwards compatible with SATA.

[hedgehog88]

Double post.

[Allan]

What do you mean? Of course there is a limit. Is this some joke I am not getting?

No. There is no limit. Period.

[BC_Programmer]

SATA2 isn't backwards compatible with SATA.

Well, not really, but most hard drives have a SATA version jumper on them.

What do you mean? Of course there is a limit.

The 48-bit LBA of 144PB is pretty much academic at the current time. It exists, but it's silly to bring it up in a topic like this, it just confuses the Original Poster.