pata

If i use an USB 2 interface casing for my PATA drive and connect it through my USB port, then will i get USB 2 speed or PATA IDE speed. I am buying Intex IDE casing for 600 Rs. Is the deal good.

hi frd, i have a sata hd in my computer.and i want to detect a 40 gb extra pata in fc 4. it has ntfs partition in it. fc 4 can not detect in .i was check it through fdisk command.but it was not give any kind of information about pata. so pls help in in detecting my 40 gb pata.

my pc is from compaq ,whose mobo is intel 845G and had a 40 gb hdd from maxtor.I plan to buy a samsung 160 gb PATA hdd. Will it work with intel 845g chipset? thnx for any info

ULTIMATE HARD DISK SETTINGS - brain racking question Respected Tech gurus and dear forum members Here goes the situation: I have one INTEL 865 GBF motherboard As far as I have understood (and correct me if i am wrong) i can attach six devices (be it Hard disk or optical drive)...

HI PEOPLE, I have a 40 gb seagate 5400 rpm 2 mb buffer pata hdd and 200 gb 7200 rpm 8 mb buffer sata hdd . Now I want to add another 40 gb pata hdd to use it with the existing one in raid 0 configuration . Should i get a 5400 rpm drive or 7200rpm will also work ? I have searched the forum...

hi, can anyone clearify me with the basic difference between SATA , PATA, and other HDD types. as we read, this acronyms just becomes a word that mean nothing till we are clear. any one out there??? reg

What is the difference between SATA and PATA . What are the 2 meanings. If I were to buy a HDD which one would be better. What is the approx price of both if they are available in Seagate fo 40 GB and 80 GB . Thanks P.S. I'm sorry if I posted this in the wrong place.

hello friends i have buyed a 80-Gb pata harddisk nearly 3-months ago, but now i want to buy seagate-80 GB sata harddisk, what is the cost of it, and at what rate i can sell my pata hardisk.....

Are there any SATA Optical drives ( CD-ROMS , CD Writers , DVDROMS , DVD Writers etc.) in the market ?? I want to connect my cd writer and DVD rom to my system . But don't have any PATA interface available on my motherboard. If there are no SATA optical drives out then how are other...

Which one is better: PATA or SATA and why?

just wondering what the going rate for a new PATA 40 gig hd would be.. TIA

Hi All i wanted to ask you all if you have read the latest Feb 2005 Digit Issue. There is a mention of "Case" in which i can insert my IDE - PATA HDD. and that "Case" is connected to the PC through a USB port. This "Case" functions more like a "External HDD Reader" Just like we insert...

Hi, Is it possible to connect SATA disk to my old PATA disk & clone it so that i can upgrade to SATA easily & dump my PATA disks. And also, is external USB casing available for SATA disks so that it can be used for backups too? Regards, Rohit

i recently bought a new pc (assembled) athlon 64 3000+ with msi k8mm-ilsr mobo and samsung 80 gb sata hdd, it worked fine for 4 dayes and after that it started hanging frequintly (when ever i watched t.v. programs usng my internal tv tuner card{intex}). after 2 dayes, my pc refusd to start, i...