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Question posted by kknox21792 on April 21st, 2012

What Hard Disc

what is the original hard disc for presario pp2140 notebook is it sata

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Answer #1: Posted by sracicki on May 24th, 2012 2:51 PM
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No it is an ATA/IDE hard drive not SATA

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Wireless Setup Guide - Page 2

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