Rambo

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:

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

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apj101

firstly. No

What you are refering to as ide, is infact parallel ata. The term ide is just
So both SATA, and PATA are a forms of ide.
You have PATA, SATA uses a different connector.

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Rambo

Ok, I understand now. Thanks apj101

EDIT: Quote from Hdd 101: "It is often incorrectly used to describe a specific type of IDE/ATA interface known as Parallal-ATA (see PATA)."

LOL! I get it now!

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