Ok, I have never seen or used a HDD which uses SATA. I have only worked with IDE configured drives... So, I don't quite understand everything...
I've looked at the Hdd 101 and found this under definitions:
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Serial ATA, this refers to drives qualifying under the ATA specification (again, essentially non-SCSI drives) and make use of a seven-pin (three ground, four signal) IDE connection.
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Does this mean that the SATA cable uses an IDE port? Would this mean that if I was to buy a SATA drive, could I use an IDE cable to connect it to my motherboard (which doesn't have SATA)?
Thanks
