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What technology is best for the attachment of external SATA-based drives?
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What does a SATA cable do?
SATA, or serial advanced technology attachment, connects the motherboard to hard drives and optical drives. This cable is inserted into the SATA slot on the motherboard.
Allows you to connect a high-speed external hard disk to a computer?
hort for External Serial Advanced Technology Attachment eSATA is an extension to the Serial ATA standard that enables SATA drives to be attached externally. Prior to eSATA, external hard drives were connected via USB 2.0 orFireWire. While eSATA can provide faster transfer rates than USB or FireWire, it requires its own power connector.http://www.webopedia.com/TERM/E/eSATA.html
The disk interface most commonly associated with workstations is called?
ATA or Advanced Technology Attachment is the interface that most workstation drives use.
What technology standard is commonly used today for hard drives to interface with motherboards in system?
The current popular standard is the SATA (serial AT Attachment) interface.
What is the name of the ATA standard that uses a serial cable?
The ATA standard that uses a serial cable is SATA (Serial Advanced Technology Attachment). SATA is used for hard drives, optical drives and other such storage devices.
What is the fastest transfer technology for external drives?
The fastest way to transfer files from your computer to an external hard drive would be with a firewire cable. They are much faster than USB cables.
What are some good brands of external hard drives?
The WD Elements has several highly rated external hard drives to choose from, another highly rated brand is the My Passport line of external hard drives.
What is the best selling brand of external hard drives?
Western Digital and SeaGate are the top manufacturers of hard drives, internal and external.
Does HP offer any type of internal storage for external drives?
There are two types of drives, either internal or external. An external drive would only offer external storage. It is kept internally on the external drive but that is all.
What are the advantage of external drives?
One of the advantages of external hard drives is they are available in large capacities. Options are available for hard drives that have mass storing capability.
Does Ubuntu 9.04 support NTFS external hard drives?
External NTFS drives will work with no problem with Ubuntu. Just plug in and use it.
Do external hard drives fit in a pocket?
There are many portable external hard drives which would fit into most standard size pockets.
