If i have an old system, e.g. a system with one of the first celeron processors, would an ATA hard drive work on it? or do i need to specifically look for a drive that says IDE? or is IDE the same as ATA? Confused?
2006-12-30 05:07:35 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Other - Hardware
ATA is the type of communication protocol used. The most common kind of ATA is PATA (Parallel ATA) also known as IDE. The first Pentium processor from Intel had a motherboard that supported IDE hard drives. So yes, it will work fine.
The newer kind is called SATA (Serial ATA). Your motherboard must support it, or you will need a PCI add-in card to use the new interface.
I suggest you visit http://www.pcguide.com or http://www.wikipedia.org to find out more. If you go to Wikipedia, simply search on ATA, PATA, SATA, IDE, etc...
2006-12-30 05:11:06 · answer #1 · answered by SirCharles 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Sort of. You've got PATA and SATA. You'll have a PATA system, which uses an IDE connection.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AT_Attachment
2006-12-30 13:09:28 · answer #2 · answered by Linux OS 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋