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Discussion in 'Hardware' started by murphy20010, Jan 8, 2010.

  1. murphy20010

    murphy20010 Private E-2

    Can I replace a Sata HardDisk with a regular Hard Disk?
     
    murphy20010, Jan 8, 2010
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  2. DavidGP

    DavidGP MajorGeeks Forum Administrator - Grand Pooh-Bah Staff Member

    Hi

    Yes you could but does your motherboard support IDE? regular is not a term that you could really use in this instance as regular is SATA or IDE or SCSI, depends on setup as regular or common used now is SATA.

    personally if you dont need to change I wouldnt as SATA is quicker that IDE drives, plus in some PCs depending on motherboard used you may not have a IDE connection port so may have to use a SATA to IDE connector.

    Do you know what motherboard make and model you have in your PC, or if its a OEM one like HP, Dell, etc whats the make and model?
     
    DavidGP, Jan 8, 2010
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  3. murphy20010

    murphy20010 Private E-2

    Thank you for the Info,Halo.I appreciate it.:)
     
    murphy20010, Jan 8, 2010
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  4. Bold Eagle

    Bold Eagle MajorGeek

    I agree with Halo speed wise but also the IDE ribbons are so wide they make the case very messy and can impair airflow.

    If it is your old HDD and you want to get DATA from it, it is easy to do and most SATA motherboards (mobo) are backwards compatible to accept IDE HDD but not all HDD with IDE will accept SATA.
     
    Bold Eagle, Jan 8, 2010
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  5. murphy20010

    murphy20010 Private E-2

    Its probably better to use another Sata Drive.Thanks for the information,everybody:)
     
    murphy20010, Jan 8, 2010
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