a deal on a replacement hard drive in Sony Vaio PCG FXA63

[Baraka]

I'm not even clear which drive this notebook uses, I know it's from circa 2002, so IDE, PATA, ATA-100?

Seems I'll have to open the computer to find out what type drive it is? I wasnt clear from googling.

I dont need a big drive, even a 20 or 40GB would be OK. I just dont feel like putting much $ into an older computer.

[DTN107]

There is no PATA.

However IDE in the laptop is the same thing as ATA-100/ATA-6

http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&N=2010150380+1035907889&Configurator=&Subcategory=380&description=&Ntk=&SpeTabStoreType=&srchInDesc=

[qoncept]

It's harter to find as good of deals on ATA as it is SATA these days, but here are a few.

20gb, $30 http://www.gearxs.com/gearxs/product_info.php?products_id=9579
40gb, $44 http://www.pcprogress.com/product.asp?m1=pw&pid=IBMIC25N040
60gb, $46 http://www.ewiz.com/detail.php?p=DMTO6034X&c=pw