What type of hard drive does a Balance laptop take? The serial # is 94f27w00006q43501898

Sata is a serial based interface that alowes hard drives and cd/dvd drice to communicate with the motherboard. General is a Red cable with black connectors.

Hello.
You will setup bios for boot piority,

1st boot =CD/DVD
2nd boot=Hard disk.

Now you should select hard disk from hard disk device under BOOT option
You can find a number from your hard disk.Now easily choice to install your.
eg=seagate =SM-ST31000067896
w d =576499
BIOS - The setup program used in desktop and laptop computers/PCs - Page 1 of 2
Phoenix BIOS setup and help
CD-Rom support from Bios
Hope this helps.


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There are two types of 2.5-inch disk-drives: those with the (older) "parallel-ATA" interface, and those with the (newer) "serial-ATA" interface.

The easiest way to determine what you have is to take the laptop with you to the computer-store; they can inspect your current disk-drive, and sell you a compatible replacement.

A "good" computer-store can "clone" your existing disk-drive onto the new disk-drive,
copying all the files (your files and the Windows files), and then you can restart and resume
normal operation.

Given the "vintage" of your computer, my guess is "parallel-ATA".

Spend the money and go with a 7200 rpm drive, 160, 320, or 250 gb hard drives are all under 100 bucks these days.

Sata drives are backwards compatable so should work no problem but some drives have a jumper that needs to be reset ,check the website for your drive.

Acer Aspire 4710 General

• Built-in Devices Stereo speakers , Wireless LAN antenna
• Width 13.5 in
• Depth 9.7 in
• Height 1.7 in
• Weight 5.7 lbs
• Color Black/light gray
• Localization United States
• Notebook type Thin-and-light (4-6 lbs.) , Budget
• Screen type Widescreen
• Wireless capabilities IEEE 802.11b , IEEE 802.11g

Processor

• Processor Intel Pentium Dual Core T2080 / 1.73 GHz
• Multi-Core processor technology Dual-Core
• Data bus speed 533.0 MHz

Cache Memory

• Type L2 cache
• Cache size 1.0 MB

RAM

• Installed Size 1.0 GB / 4.0 GB (max)
• Technology DDR2 SDRAM - 667.0 MHz
• RAM configuration features 2 x 512 MB

Storage Controller

• Storage controller type Serial ATA
• Storage Controller / Serial ATA Interface Serial ATA-150

Storage

• Floppy Drive None
• Hard Drive 120.0 GB - Serial ATA-150
• Storage Removable None
• Hard drive type Portable

1http://www.dbits.co.uk/html/laptop_hard_drive.html
heres a website for information on harddrives and you might want to look over it so u can get the right one for your laptop

2. http://www.drivesolutions.com/cgi-bin/shop/store.cgi?command=features&kind=laptop&pos=0&type=Laptop
heres where u can buy hard drives too,
there not that bad of deals either!

It is SATA - Serial ATA (DELL Dimension 4700)

you need a Serial ATA hard drive, and you may have a limit to how big of a hard drive you can go to.
Go to your local computer supply store and tell them what you need,,and they will sell you a compatible unit.
As to what type of drives to buy,,,,there are many types of drives,,and many opinions,,get the highest spin rate is all i would suggest.