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No Master Slave designation needed. SATA Drives are plug-add-play.
Improve: SATA (Serial) Attached Drives improve data tansfer speeds up to 10-100 GBytes/per.
eSATA are (Externally) Serial-Attached Drives and SATA-II(Sata-2) Drives transfer data @ 300GBytes/per.
The next barrier of TerraByte data transfer has been developed and is already in production with a (SATA-3) designation attached
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∙ 14y ago
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∙ 14y agoIt should be, or might get some conflicts with your sata drive.
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Can you replace eide hard drive with a sata hard drive?
No. IDE Hard Drive cannot be replaced with a Sata Hard Drive because the connectors are different. example. if you have sata hard drive installed on your machine. and you purchase IDE Hard drive. you won't be able to install the IDE hard drive where the Sata hard drive was because the IDE connectors are a different shape and size towards the Sata hard drive connectors.
How many hard drive can you connect on a motherboard with 4 sata and 1 ide controller?
To the IDE cable, 2 Hard disks can be connected as Master and Slave.(Hard disks that support IDE). 4 SATA ports could be used for 4 Hard Disks.
Should ide be master or slave with sata master?
SATA and IDE are operated on different buses, with different controllers. A SATA drive is not considered a "master" or a "slave"; it has a channel all to itself. If the IDE drive is by itself on the controller, it should be set as Master.
Is acer aspire 5610-4491 hard drive ide or sata?
sata
Is the hard drive IDE or SATA?
This partica\ular hardrive is a SATA model.
How do you get a sata hard drive to work on a PC that only supports ide hard drives what method would be best for drive and PC speed?
get a sata ide raid card
How does one convert a IDE hard drive to a SATA hard drive?
You cannot do that. SATA and IDE are not compatible. What you can do is to buy special expension card which can work with SATA drives. For instance, http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16815124022
What external hard drive case enclosure would you need for this Internal Hard Drive?
It depends. If it is a laptop hard disk, and you know the interface (IDE or SATA, there is a difference), you would purchase a 2.5" IDE/SATA Hard Disk Enclosure. If it is a desktop hard disk, and you know the interface (IDE or SATA, there is a difference), you would purchase a 3.5" IDE/SATA Hard Disk enclosure. Hopefully this helps.
Can a SATA hard drive use IDE?
It can with the following these are available online:SATA to IDE Converter with Marvell chip, Convert SATA Hard Drive to IDE * Marvell 88SA8040 Chipset * Compatible with Dedicated Micros and Eclipse security system DVRs * Converts SATA hard drive into IDE hard drive * Supports large hard drives of 137 GB or larger with one partition * Compatible with any operating system or hardware that supports IDE storage devices * Mounts directly to the back of SATA hard drive* Bootable * Plug and Play, no drivers required * Supports Spread Spectrum in receiver * Compliant with ATA specifications Converts any SATA hard drive into an IDE hard drive. Simply connect the converter to the SATA hard drive, connect your IDE controller's ribbon cable and power up!
What are the advantages of an IDE hard drive?
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.
Should you use ide hard disk drive or a sata hard disk drive?
Sata of course. It is much much better/faster/economical.
Where is the IDE hard drive stored?
The IDE hard drive is stored in the hard-drive bay of a computer case by screwing it on. This bay also houses SATA and other types of hard drives.
