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05-07-2008
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| is it a SATA or IDE hard drive? Hello to all, I have inherited a fairly nice desktop system from my father as he upgraded to something else, and am unsure whether or not the sole hdd in this comp is SATA or IDE, as I'm considering putting in a second hdd Is there any way to tell what kind of hdd is in the system without having to remove it to check out what's actually written on the hardware? Ive found out that it's properties name is: WDC WD3200AAJB-00TYA0 ATA Device perhaps it is a SATA? thanks for this, the help is appreciated, I'm somethin of a n00b with hardware things and am still learnin the ropes with this windows OS  Capt |
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| Re: is it a SATA or IDE hard drive? It's a Western Digital PATA (IDE) drive AFAIK 
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| Re: is it a SATA or IDE hard drive? It is a PATA/IDE drive, Windows just can't tell the interfaces apart.
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