Yes Walmart should carry them. If not it is best to check with best buy or any electronics store. But most walmarts do and can be found by e electronic section.
There are a variety of stores which sell IDE hard drives, you can get the cheapest deal on eBay or Amazon, you may also get some used ones at more cheaper rates but it depends on what you want.
IDE hard drives are manufactured in Malaysia by the IDE company. Over the life of the production of these hard drives, the quality has improved immensely, starting at very poor and now arriving at very competitive.
SATA IDE cable do most hard drives use toda.
PCI IDE card allows connecting IDE hard drives and CD/DVD drives if a motherboard is missing or has not enough IDE ports.
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IDE involves the interaction of the computer with hard drives and CD-ROMS. Atapi specifies the IDE tape drives and CD-ROMS.
The best IDE channel to connect on a hard drive is the Primary IDE channel, Also known as IDE 1 in dell computers
The only advantage of using a IDE hard drive is maximum compatibility. It appears that SATA hard drives have a lot more advantages than an IDE hard drive.
Only two drives can be supported on an IDE cable. One Master and one Slave.
Only two drives can be supported on an IDE cable. One Master and one Slave.
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IDE cables in computers are used to connect Hard Disk Drives and CD/DVD Drives to the motherboard. - Neeraj Sharma