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   urbmd Private E-2

   I wanted to put a bigger hard drive (500gb) in my old Dell 8250 P4 2.8 which uses IDE cables but the IDE hard drives I can find that are that size are Ultra ATA. Is there a way to tell if an older computer is ultra ATA compatable?
   
   Thanks!

    

   urbmd, Aug 4, 2011

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   cachehiker Private E-2

   Yes.
   
   http://www.lmgtfy.com/?q=dell+8250+specs
   
   It supports Ultra ATA 100.

    

   cachehiker, Aug 4, 2011

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