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Dec 11^th, 2004 at 11:23pm

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Hey all!
As you may know, I will soon be making my first custom pc. Before i decided on a hard drive, i wanted to know if any of you knew what a SATA hard drive was?
Just a quick question,
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Reply #1 - Dec 12^th, 2004 at 2:59am

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Serial ATA, don't kow what ATA means ??? but they are geerally better than EIDE for a few reasons,
1. They use small thin serial cables instead of those big IDE cables to hook up.
2. They have a faster transfer rate
3. Dont quote me on this but I think they are better for setting up RAID Arrays etc...

Thats all I know of em

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Reply #2 - Dec 12^th, 2004 at 6:02pm

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SATA is much better then any other connection type.

You don't have to set master and slave drives, etc.

Its much easier to setup.

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Reply #3 - Dec 12^th, 2004 at 8:41pm

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Thanks for the help everyone!

I found a website that explains the ins and outs of SATA hard drives. If you want to check it out go to http://www.pcguide.com.au/Reviews/storage/satavpata/page2.php.

Thanks Again! Grin

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Reply #4 - Dec 14^th, 2004 at 6:50pm

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CAUTION:

I attempted using my SATA drive with four partitions. The drive was not recognized properly. I reconfigured it with three partitions and it works fine.

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They both will work perfectly, until you open windows.

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Reply #5 - Dec 14^th, 2004 at 9:01pm

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CAUTION:

I attempted using my SATA drive with four partitions. The drive was not recognized properly. I reconfigured it with three partitions and it works fine.

If you dont mind me asking, What hard drive do you have?

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Reply #6 - Dec 15^th, 2004 at 9:32am