Re: SATA and IDE Hard Drives

[Karl Larsen <k5di zianet com>]

Eric J. Feldhusen wrote:
> Karl Larsen wrote:
> >    Well today with hdparm I learned what I should have guessed. The 
> > difference in data flow is not enough to even think about. I paid 
> > $70.00 for my SATA and it is just not what I had hoped for. It is 
> > just a newer design of the old IDE and not much faster. I will use it 
> > but not for anything but another kind of thing. Maybe F9.
>
> Are your drives and motherboard SATA II capable?  If they are, you 
> will see a performance increase over the old PATA(IDE/ATA) drives.
>
> Eric Feldhusen
As I recall this new motherboard said something like SATA ATA. So I was 
too green to read what I should have into that. I do not have SATA II 
but will locate my motherboard book and make sure.



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