Satellite A300 - Hard drive connectors

Hi,
does anyone know if the hard drive connectors for the A300 are SATA or not, have to pick up a new hard drive before driving out bush to fix it and noone out there can tell me what type it is.
Thanks in advance,

The main problem is its not my notebook and its a 5 hour drive from the nearest town so just thought i would make sure before i travel out all that way with the wrong hard drive. Havent dealt with this model and didnt even know how old it was,
Thanks

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