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There are three ways to check and they're all pretty easy.
One: Look up the tech specs of your laptop's model (sticker on the bottom) on Dell's website. If Dell doesn't have the specs posted, try searching for a third-party website that reviewed your model of laptop.
Two: Take the hard drive out and check yourself. Shut down the laptop, unplug the power cord and remove the battery. Turn the laptop upside down and look for one or two screws with a hard drive symbol near them (often a can/cylinder shape or the letters "HDD"). Remove the screws and the hard drive tray and hard drive should slide out. PATA/IDE hard drives have 44 male pins on them that span most of the drive. SATA drives have two flat connectors.
Three: If you have Windows, open the Device Manager (right click My Computer, click "Manage", click "Device Manager" on the left), expand "Drive Controllers", look for anything that says "SATA". Keep in mind that you may still have a PATA/IDE controller as well as a SATA controller.
(Alternative three: If you are using Linux, open terminal and type "lspci | grep SATA". If anything shows up (typically something along the lines of "Intel [Chipset Model Number] SATA Controller"), your computer supports SATA. Additionally,some distributions of Linux have a GUI application that will show you what drives and controllers you have.)
If you are uncomfortable performing these steps, a local computer shop would be more than happy to assist you.
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