Can I connect a SATA-II hard drive to a SATA-I connection?
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00:00 Can I Connect A Sata-Ii Hard Drive To A Sata-I Connection?
00:20 Accepted Answer Score 8
00:36 Thank you
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Yes, SATA-II is backwards-compatible. You'll only be able to use SATA-I bandwidth (150 MB/s), but since that is well above what normal hard drives deliver, that shouldn't be a problem.