T42 hard drive

[lemmerdeur]

More I read more I am confused. I want to replace the hard drive in my t42 (2373-a77) I would like to know what is recommended in size and if it is a ata, sata, pata, IDE, EIDE... for best performance without modification. Also id 7200rpm much beter or faster then 5400rpm.
Thank you in advance

[goofyGAguy]

For a T42, you want PATA/IDE, not SATA.

[RealBlackStuff]

Modern 5400rpm HDs are as good if not faster than the 'old' 7200rpm.
Largest IDE/PATA drive for a T4x on the market is 320GB

[burns334]

Lem, the way I remember it is as follows

ATA stands for Advanced Technology Attachment and it was a parallel device so it could have been called a Parallel ATA = PATA

When the Serial ATA was invented they just added the S in front

ATA's or PATA's are the older drives, roughly stopping at the T43's
SATA's are in the T60's and up.

They have different interfaces and can't even be plugged in by mistake, they won't mate.

[lemmerdeur]

Thank you all, now I know what to look for.