Re: None XP question

From: Jim Macklin (p51mustang[threeX12)
Date: 10/31/04 

Date: Sat, 30 Oct 2004 21:48:05 -0500

Two years ago, it is almost certainly an IDE drive.
Also, an SATA cable is about 1/2 inch wide and an IDE cable
is 80/40 wires wide or about 2 inches. 

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"Zeretul1" <Zeretul1@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
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| Just a general question. I have a two year old compy I
built, with a AMD
| friendly motherboard. I need a new HDD, and I cant
remember if I can use
| serial ATA, or just IDE. Please help

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