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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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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... Isn'...
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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? [closed]

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 SSD (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: http://www.cooldrives.com/satoidecofor....
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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 "ATA/...
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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 ...
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What currently available hard drives are compatible with ATA100

I have to replace a dead hard drive in a friends computer. It's a pretty old machine with a parallel ATA100 interface on the motherboard. Will currently available PATA drives be compatible?
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PATA to SATA convertor for FW400 enclosure?

I have a decent USB2/FW400 HD enclosure with an old 250GB PATA HD inside. I am using its FW400 interface. I would like to reuse the box with a newer SATA drive but I wonder if the SATA-PATA adapter ...
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Can you help me understand my SATA/RAID options?

I've a gigabyte GA-M720-US3 motherboard. Recently, I noticed the following during boot: IDE channel 0 Master (none) IDE channel 0 Slave (none) IDE channel 2 Master (my hdd) IDE channel 2 Slave (my ...
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Windows XP: is DVD drive connected to master or slave on the IDE port?

I'm running a German Windows XP Professional and want to know whether my IDE-DVD-drive is connected to the master or slave without opening the machine. The device manager shows Ort: Pfad 0 (0) (in ...
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Why sometimes Windows 7 cannot see IDE disk?

We have two internal hard drives; one SATA and one IDE. Windows 7 (x86) sees both of them. But sometimes when we boot the computer IDE drive fails. After restart everything behave normal. Every 1 boot ...
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Sata drive overiding IDE?

I recently just bought a Sata Hard drive and hooked it up and installed a OS. I am making it my Primary hard drive. What I had before that though was 2 IDE hard drives that I used. One of them was my ...
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Is it safe to use an IDE to SATA power adapter for an extended period of time?

I just bought a computer from HP and they failed to include SATA power connectors with the power supply other then the one HD and DVD drive. Meanwhile I have two IDE to SATA power adapters that came ...
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ASUS P7H55-M doesn't detect IDE optical drive [closed]

I have purchased a pre-overclocked Asus P7H55-M motherboard / Intel i3 540 combo. I am going to use one SATA HDD and one IDE DVD RW drive. The motherboard only has one IDE sockets and several SATA ...
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Switching IDE to SATA with VirtualBox and Windows 7

After reading various tips on how to increase performance with VirtualBox, I am attempting to switch from an IDE disk to SATA disk (in my particular case VirtualBox w/ an IDE disk is an order of ...
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Best IDE cable/connection setup for 2 HDDs and 1 CD/DVD-ROM

OK, I'm rebuilding a "vintage" PC. I have 2 * IDE HDDs and 1 * IDE DVD-ROM. I can't remember if I should put the 2 HDDs on the same cable and the DVD-ROM alone or if I should put one HD with the DVD-...
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What are the differences between slave and master hard drives? [closed]

What are the differences between slave and master hard drives?
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Recover an HFS+ formatted IDE drive connected via USB-IDE adapter

I have a 120GB IDE drive connected to my MacBook via a IDE-USB adapter. I formatted it fresh with a single full-size HFS+ partition and backed up a bunch of stuff. Unfortunately, upon reconnecting ...
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SATA Hard Drive problems

I have a 80GB IDE hard drive and few months back I bought a new 320GB SATA Hard drive.For almost two months everything worked perfectly but now suddenly I'm having problems in my SATA drive. When I ...
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Unable to boot from secondary IDE HDD when DVD burner connected as master

I have a (as it seems to me) strange problem with my DVD burner (Sony AD7540A) which I would like to use as master device on a IDE bus. There is a HDD on the bus as well that should be (is) the slave ...
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Hard Drive and DVD+RW Drive on same IDE cable?

I am about to build a system and have to forgo a new SATA hard drive for now. The motherboard I am going to purchase only has one IDE cable slot. Are there major disadvantages to putting a Hard Drive ...
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USB 2.0 to IDE & SATA Adapter - how do you install Windows XP

My laptop CD-ROM is no longer working, and I need to format the hard drive and reload Windows XP. My laptop is Fujitsu Siemens AMILO. I purchased an 'EASY IDE' adaptor, followed the instuction to ...
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IDE laptop HDD only recognised in BIOS, what to do?

My old IDE HDD from my laptop recently crashed and now, I can only see it in the BIOS. When I try to track it down using GParted or other tools, I can't seem to find it. Does anyone have a solution to ...
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Difference in heat output between IDE and SATA hard drives?

Just a general question: is one supposed to produce more heat than the other? I took my HP DC7100 SFF desktop, swapped the 80 GB SATA for a 250 GB IDE HDD and the IDE drive temperature sensor seems to ...
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HD working with IDE USB adapter but not recognised by bios

I have a Windows XP Pentium III desktop with two hard drives. The first one has the OS and is luckily working. The second drive on the secondary master IDE channel few days back was unable to read ...
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IDE hard drive and a SATA Dock

I bought a very nice SATA dock for my computer, plug and play and you just plug the drive into the dock and you can access the data. I have since then found an IDE drive i wish to access, but cant ...
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Real performance gain from faster IDE or SATA hard drive?

How much of a real-world performance gain would you expect from: replacing a 5400rpm IDE HD with a 7200rpm IDE HD? replacing a 5400rpm IDE HD with a SATA-150? It's assumed that the drive in question ...
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Clone a SCSI drive to an IDE drive?

Is it even possible to clone a SCSI hard drive to an IDE hard drive? If so what are some good free tools to do so?
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Create a bootable Ghost CD from a HDD

I have a little issue and it may be quite simple to fix. I need to Ghost some computers (locally) and now, it seems to be really hard to have several computers to boot from floppy. Sometimes the ...
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Is Splitting IDE hdds between Primary and Secondary faster?

I'm doing RAID 0 on two IDE harddrives (yes, this is old hardware). Will the harddrives be faster if I attach them separately so that one is on the Primary IDE controller and the other is on the ...
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