Daniel C
I am trying to find a new hard drive for my desktop. It is an older computer and it has a 20GB ATA-133 hard drive. I was just wandering if there is a difference between and ATA, SATA, and PATA types of hard drives?
Answer
ATA stands for Advanced Technology Attachment. There are 2 types of ATA- SATA and PATA. PATA is usually refered to IDE. Today, most of us refer ATA drives as PATA (IDE) drives.
SATA = Serial ATA
PATA = Parallel ATA.
Technically, SATA and PATA (IDE) are in the same ATA family.
In most cases, ATA is usually referred to IDE or PATA, but usually not SATA.
If your computer has SATA connectors, then you are able to use SATA drives. If not, IDE (PATA or ATA) is your only hope.
ATA stands for Advanced Technology Attachment. There are 2 types of ATA- SATA and PATA. PATA is usually refered to IDE. Today, most of us refer ATA drives as PATA (IDE) drives.
SATA = Serial ATA
PATA = Parallel ATA.
Technically, SATA and PATA (IDE) are in the same ATA family.
In most cases, ATA is usually referred to IDE or PATA, but usually not SATA.
If your computer has SATA connectors, then you are able to use SATA drives. If not, IDE (PATA or ATA) is your only hope.
can i put a sata laptop hard drive on desktop?
Mrcool Boy
can i buy a sata laptop hard drive and put it on desktop? please answer to me..
Answer
You certainly can. In fact, the 10,000RPM Velociraptor drive from Western Digital is a laptop sized 2.5" drive, within an aluminum heat sink for mounting in a desktop case.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136260
The connections on a 3.5" SATA drive and a 2.5" SATA drive are identical.
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You certainly can. In fact, the 10,000RPM Velociraptor drive from Western Digital is a laptop sized 2.5" drive, within an aluminum heat sink for mounting in a desktop case.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136260
The connections on a 3.5" SATA drive and a 2.5" SATA drive are identical.
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