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How do I know if my hard disk is SATA?

Discussion in 'PC Hardware' started by ketan, 2009/01/30.

  1. 2009/01/30
    ketan

    ketan Inactive Thread Starter

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    New user. I have 500GB hard disk. How do I know if my hard disk is SATA? How does it matter? Thanks.
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    Steve R Jones

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    Welcome to WindowsBBS;)

    Open the case...SATA drives have small cabels - IDE drives have the wide gray ribbon cable.

    Not sure why you're asking "How does it matter?" Guess it depends on what you're needing to do?
     
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    ketan

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    Thanks for reply. Yes, width of this cable is much less than that of my earlier desk top. By second question (how does it matter) I actually wanted to learn benefits of SATA over IDE hard disk. Thanks again.
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