PATA (Parallel ATA) is better known as IDE. IDE/PATA is the predecessor to SATA in terms of storage device controllers.
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Identifying a small IDE connector
I'm in the possession of the GENE-9455:
At the top left corner there is an IDE connector, however, this is not a normal IDE connector, it's a smaller one. I need to find a cable for this connector. ...
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Connecting HDD in Dell Inspiron 7000 laptop?
Which side I should connect IDE HDD in Dell CPX/CPI port ?
Where should missing pin be ?
IMHO I think it should be at bottom, how do you think ?
How it looks
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What does the IDE connector labeled PRI IDE on my motherboard do?
So I was looking for an antenna cable in my cellar, when I found some old sweets in a by my old computer in a cardboard box. Two old PATA HDDs, a PATA CD-ROM and some IDE cables. That gave me an idea ...
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Desktop won't boot with two drives
I am trying to startup the computer with two drives; one is connected with SATA(Windows XP, 40G) and the other with IDE(blank, 80G). With just the SATA drive, it boots fine, but when I add the other ...
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Why is HDD in a DVD-ROM slot slower on Lenovo 3000 laptop?
So I'm about to upgrade my laptop (Lenovo 3000 N100, 0768-49G), got my SATA HDD caddy for the DVD-ROM slot, but whenever I'm putting an HDD or SSD into it, the read speed falls to only 30 MByte/s, ...
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SATA and PATA -> Does it matter which channel something is plugged into?
A long time ago, PATA used a master / slave configuration. If memory serves correct, the best performance could be achieved by only have one drive (master) attached per channel, instead of two (master ...
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Is it possible to use a PATA to SATA adapter in a notebook?
How to update an old notebook with a SATA SSD (that I already have)?
I know there are adapters available, but they apparently don't fit in a laptop because the dimensions of the SSD and PATA drive ...
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Recovering drive via boot to Win7 setup command prompt
I am trying to recover data from two old IDE drives. Drive1 has been successful, but something is wrong with Drive2. It does not appear as a drive letter.
Due to limited legacy hardware, the only way ...
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Which end of the laptop IDE drive pins does the power connect to?
I have a laptop IDE to desktop IDE adapter, but it isn't obvious which way around to plug the laptop hard disk drive in. Which end does the power go in?
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Any performance issues with a SATA to PATA adapter for a 2nd hard disk for my laptop?
I am considering buying a SATA to PATA HDD Hard Drive caddy adapter
for my laptop. That would be something like this one. Should I
expect a lower performance when using a SATA HDD with a PATA
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PATA HDD to connect using PATA to SATA adaptor, slave settings please?
I have recently taken my grandma's old pc apart, and have salvaged various parts, including the 20 GB Maxtor quantom fireball PATA HDD. I have my current dvd read/writer and hdd setup on the pata ...
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IDE to SATA Connector issue
I have an old computer I'm repurposing into a NAS (with FreeNAS 8)
I've got a 4-port Sata RAID card, with 4x2TB sata drives, and a 40GB laptop-sized Sata drive (which originally came out of my PS3) ...
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How to see contents of hard drive that Windows 7 thinks is blank?
I have a Windows 7 PC (call it New7) that I built about a year and a half ago. Initially, I moved the hard drive from my wife's old PC (call it XP32) into New7 as a second drive. I also had a new ...
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How big is PATA throughput on original Macbook Air (Rev A)?
I still have one of the original Macbook Air's that I use sometimes. It's got 2Gb of RAM and whenever it's filling up and starts paging, the whole things becomes barely responsive.
I've heard SSD's ...
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Can I plug a single hard drive into the “SATA RAID1” socket?
My (6 year old) motherboard has 4 PATA socket, 2 SATA socket, and one socket labelled "SATA RAID1". Since I (sadly) have 4 PATA devices (including dvd-r), 2 SATA hard drives, and have just bought ...
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Is it possible to mount an IDE HDD to act as a boot HDD on a virtual machine?
Is it possible to mount an IDEE HDD to act as a boot HDD on a virtual machine?
My computer has a SATA drive, and I have connected an IDE (PATA) HDD. Now I need to set that IDE HDD as a boot drive on ...
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Can't mount old IDE hdd using an USB adapter
I have an old IDE hard drive that has some data I must recover, so I bought an usb adapter to plug it to my new pc and copy everything.
But Windows installed the drivers when I plugged it in, but ...
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Putting a hard disk in disk drive slot
I have an Intel D845GVSR motherboard:
This motherboard does not support SATA drives, but I have a spare SATA drive with me which my father unknowingly bought without remembering that the ...
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New hard disk making noise
I bought a 250GB SATA Seagate hard disk 15 days ago for 70 $ . After formatting for 2 times [I had to for faulty installation] the disk read/write speed have dropped significantly. It's also making ...
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Sata Drive in IDE Motherboard
I have an old Dell desktop computer that I'm trying to turn into an Home Media Server. The original hard drive is only 80GB so I recently bought a second Hitachi 1TB Sata drive. I also bought a ...
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Does it affect performance if I re-use IDE Hard Drives with a SATA convertor?
I'm planning to assemble my PC.. but want to re-use a little from the old one. I just want to know if it will hamper the performance. I have two 250GB IDE hard drives.
Will it drastically affect the ...
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Software to perform RAID on different drive technology (IDE, SATA, SCSI, SSD)
May I know if there is any software (in Windows) that can perform RAID on different type of drive technology in a single computer?
From my understanding, Hardware RAID card is needed to perform RAID ...
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SATA III SSD drive on IDE controller - Runs in UDMA 6 is OK but slow transfers 80MB/s - expect 133MB/s
I have bought a OCZ Agility 3 SSD drive to build into my ASUS laptop. Because the drive is a SATA (III) drive and the laptop has only IDE connectors, i use a Fevi/Apple Second drive Caddy to put it ...
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“No IDE Fixed Disk Present” After Hard Reboot But Not Soft Reboot
BIOS displays the following two lines upon hard reboot (i.e., cold reboot, cold boot, or cold start):
The following configuration options were automatically updated:
CD-ROM: HL-DT-ST R/W/DVD ...
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External IDE-to-USB drive reads in bursts
External IDE hard drive formatted FAT32. Connected via an IDE-to-USB adapter. OS: Windows XP
Tried two different adapters (different manufacturers), same results. Reads fine in bursts of ~500MB, then ...
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Why have SATAs replaced PATAs these days?
It seems to me that the general trend in computers is going towards parallel architectures wherever you go. But I've noticed that the term 'SATA' appears much more often than 'PATA' these days...
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I just installed Windows 7 onto an IDE hard drive and everything looked good. But it won't boot
I just installed Windows 7 onto this IDE hard drive and everything looked good. It went through the entire process until that regular last boot after "Completing installation...".
But it won't boot ...
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In BIOS, what does “SATA Controller” with the ability to select either IDE or RAID mean?
In my BIOS, I've got a setting called "SATA Controller" that can select either IDE or RAID.
It's currently set to IDE.
What does this setting mean, and will bad things happen if I change it?
My ...
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Is there a reliable IDE to SATA converter?
I got a cheap PATA to SATA converter on eBay because my box doesn't have any SATA ports left for the SATA Blu-ray writer I recently purchased. It only half works, which of course is worse than a ...
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What's the difference between ATA, PATA, and IDE?
If I am not mistaken these names all referrer to the same technology. Are there any differences between them? If not, why does this technology go by so many different names?
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Jerryrigged power supply for temporary powering of Pata devices for testing
I have a bunch of old hard drives (molex/pata), and a test system with a PSU that's SATA only. I also have a older PSU with no sata power plugs from a system that died ages ago, which i know works - ...
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How can I connect ST-157A-1 to my laptop?
I have an ancient ST-157A-1 45mb hard drive. I want to connect it to my computer and copy the data off of it. I purchased a usb-ide adapter, however it seems like the computer is completely unaware of ...
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Why does my motherboard not pick up PATA HDD using a SATA adaptor?
I've connected the adapter to the PATA drive (40 pin).
Powered the PATA drive using standard Molex.
Slotted the small 4 pin cable (branches off the Molex cable) into the adapter - I believe this ...
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Are there any SATA HDD to PATA Docks?
I have an oldish laptop (Acer Aspire 4710) with a SATA HDD. I wanted to extend the life of the laptop by adding an SSD drive. But I don't want to keep my data on the SDD (since it will wear out the ...
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Hard drive is intermittently detected in the BIOS
I am running into a problem where my computer will occasionally restart itself (No BSD) and during the boot up it won't detect the hard drive. Usually turning the computer off and then back on will ...
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Converting FAT32 to NTFS
I am using Windows 7 and my hard drive has four partitions. One of the partition, F, contains all my source code of projects. Over time, this partition has become fragmented and slow. This partition ...
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is a sata DVD burner really worth the extra cash [closed]
My computer has a old school PATA (ide) DVD burner that works fast and great, really it is the only thing I've not updated over the years. is there any advantage to upgrading to a Sata DVD drive.
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IDE Motherboard to Boot from a SATA 1T Hdd
I want to use my SATA HDD with my very old ASUS A7V8X-X motherboard (made in 2003). I intend to buy a cheap adapter for this, something similar to this one:
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Internal HD not detected via IDE/SATA usb on Vista
I was viewing some files from my old hard drive taken from an XP machine, on a Vista machine via a IDE/SATA usb cable and accidentally dropped the hard drive (about from a knee height), which landed ...
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Trying to get data off busted ide drive
I have an old IDE drive that is getting corruption errors and will not boot in its own box. I can boot safely in safe mode with command prompt. I decided to move the drive out into my own box. I ...
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Force slim DVD and laptop HD on desktop motherboard to proper master/slave setting
I'm trying to add a slim DVD to my file server. The motherboard is a JetWay JNC81-LF, but I doubt the specific model is relevant, just that it's a desktop Mini-ITX board. I'm using a Chenbro ES34069 ...
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What do the “ATA/IDE Configuration” options in ASUS motherboard BIOS?
It appears that I'm not the only one with such question, but Googling revealed nothing.
For many contemporary ASUS (maybe other manufacturers too?) motherboards there is a setting in BIOS called ...
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Changing motherboards, avoiding bluescreens - Windows 7
When I used to have Windows XP and upgraded the computer, I got bluescreens at boot, usually due to a changed IDE controller. How do I avoid this? I am now upgrading windows 7 to windows 7 changing ...
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How to identify an SMPS can power both SATA, and IDE devices?
I have
an old P4 with 2 UDMA HDD (totalling around 300G of storage, with a decent amount of real-estate yet to be used)
purchased a replacement m/b + processor for my upgrade
intend to move one of ...
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Convert to 2.5 IDE laptop using SATA drive
I've got an older laptop that I'd like to soup up with a sata ssd that I just have happened to have lying around. Is there anyway to squeeze it in there? I believe they are both 2.5.
I'm considerin ...
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Is it safe to switch between disk controllers
I have both Windows XP and Windows 7 installed on my laptop. XP needs the IDE disk controller. While 7 needs AHCI. I have to switch between these 2 modes before I could use one of them. Does it have ...
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Copying Windows to a new hard drive
I have a SCSI drive(C:) with Windows XP on it and I want to copy windows to a partition(F:) on an IDE drive. So far I have used clonezilla to copy Windows from C: to F: and I can boot to F: while the ...
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Installing Linux, IDE or SATA?
THE QUESTION:
Is there an advantage to installing Linux on a SATA or IDE drive? I'm hoping to stream media from this server so would it be best to keep the faster SATA disks for that data?
FURTHER ...
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What type of 2.5" drive is this, is it ide?
Trying find out what type of drive I have in my laptop.
Is just died and I'm keen to find out what sort it is ?
Heres a photo...
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PCI IDE Controller
I have a suspicion that the onboard IDE controllers may not be working. Every disk I use to setup this machine reports as damaged (using a win xp installation to test, since it gets to partition setup ...
