Hard Drives: ATA versus SATA

Posted by on 01/06 at 01:59 PM

The performance of computer systems has been steadily increasing as faster processors, memory, and video cards are continuously being developed.  The one key component that is often neglected when looking at improving the performance of a computer system is the hard drive. Hard drive manufacturers have been constantly evolving the basic hard drive used in modern computer systems for the last 25 years, and the last few years have seen some exciting developments from faster spindle speeds, larger caches, better reliability, and increased data transmission speeds.

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    Posted by Alex Faure  on  01/30  at  04:30 AM

  1. I need to fit a old ATA drive in a new computer so that we can retrieve info off the disk. But the newer computers do not have ATA ribbon cables - what can one do? The only ribbon cables are to the CD/DVD drive - which I assume will not work?
    Thanks

    2. Posted by john Morgan  on  02/14  at  06:50 AM

  2. Great clear in depth answer why dont all geeks speak this way ?

    3. Posted by Jamie  on  02/21  at  11:53 AM

  3. I just got a new 160gb sata harddrive and i tried to instll xp on it .  But windows did not install because i need to update the bios. Can someone help me do this the wright the fist time

    4. Posted by walter ulrich  on  04/27  at  04:27 AM

  4. my motherboard supports both ata and sata, i have a ata installed, can i use both ata and sata ?

    5. Posted by Free landscaping design software  on  08/23  at  10:44 PM

  5. It’s a year that i plan to get new hard disk. Pity to note that it is working worse and worse despite window re-installation. Why can it be so?

    6. Posted by A B M Pathan  on  10/02  at  12:31 PM

  6. My HD is ATA ( 20 GB) that is old one. So I want to upgrade to SATA. How can I do it? L few days before I bought 400 GB, 7200 rpm drive. but can not installed it. Because power and data cab;le r different. So can u u solve the problem.I refund that HD(SATA. My mother board is intel D845 EBT.

    7. Posted by Jay Hart  on  02/18  at  02:46 PM

  7. Great information on ATA vs SATA. Thnaks

    8. Posted by leigh j  on  06/26  at  07:08 PM

  8. Thanks a lot so much for your tips. this article has helped me in my fist year in university and its aiding me again in my second year.

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