43 Why should I choose (or not) AHCI over IDE in my PC's BIOS settings? 2009-07-15T22:39:19.093

27 What's the difference between ATA, PATA, and IDE? 2011-09-30T00:09:30.783

20 How can I enable AHCI on a SATA drive after installing Windows? 2010-02-19T16:58:50.787

20 How can I use an old PATA hard disk drive on my newer SATA-only computer? 2008-08-01T21:22:13.110

18 Need clarification on what IDE hard drive size—2.5 inch versus 3.5 inch—actually means 2015-04-02T14:37:14.590

15 What was this DIG (or may be D G ) Interface on IDE (PATA) CD Writer? 2017-12-07T17:28:33.197

10 Is ATA the same as IDE/PATA or SATA? 2016-05-25T10:50:12.890

8 What do the "ATA/IDE Configuration" options in ASUS motherboard BIOS? 2011-05-03T13:48:14.403

7 Do I get any performance boost with an IDE to SATA adapter? 2009-10-02T20:46:33.847

7 What type of 2.5" drive is this, is it ide? 2011-01-25T13:56:27.523

6 IDE/PATA high-speed hard drive dock 2009-10-05T17:35:16.067

6 5 x 3GB drives and 4 x 1500GB drive best raid setup? 2010-03-13T05:30:46.973

6 Why is HDD in a DVD-ROM slot slower on Lenovo 3000 laptop? 2013-01-03T00:59:21.573

6 Identify if optical drive in my laptop is SATA or PATA in Windows 7 2013-09-04T22:05:23.943

5 Can a USB/IDE/SATA adapter be flaky? 2009-12-01T23:38:30.647

5 Switching IDE to SATA with VirtualBox and Windows 7 2010-09-12T00:53:41.053

5 In BIOS, what does "SATA Controller" with the ability to select either IDE or RAID mean? 2011-10-06T13:13:45.287

5 SATA and PATA -> Does it matter which channel something is plugged into? 2012-12-23T20:11:32.800

5 Master/slave PATA setup not recognized 2013-07-19T18:56:26.517

4 Are USB hard drive sizes limited by motherboard hard drive controller? 2009-10-25T23:42:46.873

4 How to use 3-drive IDE cable? 2010-02-10T16:49:56.577

4 Real performance gain from faster IDE or SATA hard drive? 2010-04-25T08:27:07.027

4 Why have SATAs replaced PATAs these days? 2011-10-09T20:54:22.627

4 SATA III SSD drive on IDE controller - Runs in UDMA 6 is OK but slow transfers 80MB/s - expect 133MB/s 2011-10-29T20:57:30.293

4 What is the maximum throughput of an IDE bus (ATA-3)? 2012-04-04T18:14:33.303

3 Proper way to connect SATA and IDE Hard drives together? 2010-02-26T15:39:36.023

3 Is Splitting IDE hdds between Primary and Secondary faster? 2010-03-21T01:56:00.637

3 Trying to get data off busted ide drive 2011-06-18T23:15:45.917

3 IDE Motherboard to Boot from a SATA 1T Hdd 2011-06-26T15:28:09.097

3 Hard drive is intermittently detected in the BIOS 2011-08-02T16:57:23.317

3 Sata Drive in IDE Motherboard 2011-11-21T20:32:45.667

3 Can't mount old IDE hdd using an USB adapter 2012-04-05T15:03:24.280

2 Difference between IDE and SATA DVD writers 2010-01-29T14:45:43.273

2 Clone a SCSI drive to an IDE drive? 2010-04-20T17:41:14.853

2 Is it safe to switch between disk controllers 2011-02-13T05:18:22.493

2 Force slim DVD and laptop HD on desktop motherboard to proper master/slave setting 2011-05-23T06:07:30.190

2 Jerryrigged power supply for temporary powering of Pata devices for testing 2011-09-17T11:51:31.423

2 Updating SandForce SSD on JMicron controller in AHCI mode 2012-05-11T12:49:39.000

2 How big is PATA throughput on original Macbook Air (Rev A)? 2012-05-23T17:26:50.627

2 Moving Windows to a flash drive 2012-05-30T20:23:41.700

2 PATA HDD to connect using PATA to SATA adaptor, slave settings please? 2012-08-13T13:18:42.437

2 IDE to SATA convertor Motherboard Issue 2012-11-20T09:13:24.613

2 Recovering drive via boot to Win7 setup command prompt 2012-12-04T10:57:09.177

2 Identifying a small IDE connector 2013-04-23T12:58:04.573

2 Windows XP not detecting IDE drive 2013-05-20T23:28:41.320

2 Determine which physical HDD is which 2014-12-14T10:32:48.187

2 How to replace hard drive and switch drive cable in a Dell Mini 12 2015-09-19T18:29:14.717

2 Performance of IDE HDDs on the same cable 2016-09-11T10:40:27.073

2 Why is my old PATA drive freezing my laptop? 2019-01-27T17:32:13.897

1 How do I identify pin 1 on a ribbon cable connector? 2009-07-31T19:33:32.880

1 The name of this interface? 2009-11-07T07:20:41.843

1 Solid state drive on old laptop with Windows XP 2009-11-28T16:22:09.787

1 Western Digital External 2.5 disk use SATA or PATA? 2010-02-23T14:41:10.353

1 problems mounting an external IDE drive via USB in ubuntu 2010-03-04T03:19:05.790

1 HD working with IDE USB adapter but not recognised by bios 2010-05-22T18:46:23.020

1 USB 2.0 to IDE & SATA Adapter - how do you install Windows XP 2010-07-11T12:08:10.903

1 Recover an HFS+ formatted IDE drive connected via USB-IDE adapter 2010-07-29T02:15:42.370

1 What are the differences between slave and master hard drives? 2010-08-01T18:06:30.987

1 Best IDE cable/connection setup for 2 HDDs and 1 CD/DVD-ROM 2010-08-20T02:37:01.343

1 Is it safe to use an IDE to SATA power adapter for an extended period of time? 2010-12-26T02:53:07.397

1 Sata drive overiding IDE? 2010-12-28T07:40:51.787

1 Windows XP: is DVD drive connected to master or slave on the IDE port? 2011-01-01T15:13:37.203

1 Copying Windows to a new hard drive 2011-02-06T19:01:19.627

1 Convert to 2.5 IDE laptop using SATA drive 2011-03-16T03:36:07.720

1 Changing motherboards, avoiding bluescreens - Windows 7 2011-04-25T01:42:26.067

1 Internal HD not detected via IDE/SATA usb on Vista 2011-06-24T05:37:08.490

1 Converting FAT32 to NTFS 2011-07-12T16:19:55.427

1 Are there any SATA HDD to PATA Docks? 2011-08-11T08:24:13.450

1 Why does my motherboard not pick up PATA HDD using a SATA adaptor? 2011-08-14T12:35:48.687

1 How can I connect ST-157A-1 to my laptop? 2011-09-16T01:15:23.793

1 Is there a reliable IDE to SATA converter? 2011-10-01T09:54:22.603

1 I just installed Windows 7 onto an IDE hard drive and everything looked good. But it won't boot 2011-10-08T16:57:01.850

1 Software to perform RAID on different drive technology (IDE, SATA, SCSI, SSD) 2011-10-31T08:35:09.697

1 Does it affect performance if I re-use IDE Hard Drives with a SATA convertor? 2011-11-01T13:19:41.740

1 New hard disk making noise 2011-12-04T04:09:51.463

1 Putting a hard disk in disk drive slot 2011-12-04T23:58:58.317

1 Can I plug a single hard drive into the "SATA RAID1" socket? 2012-05-22T07:13:10.860

1 How to see contents of hard drive that Windows 7 thinks is blank? 2012-05-26T04:38:19.553

1 Will installing an Ultra ATA cable backwards affect performance? 2012-06-27T20:46:09.290

1 How to boot from an IDE Drive on a new Mobo 2012-07-16T01:51:01.640

1 How to duplicate an IDE drive as a SATA drive 2012-07-25T21:27:55.187

1 IDE to SATA Connector issue 2012-08-02T00:52:59.200

1 No hard drive detected on compaq presario m2000 (IDE hard disk) 2012-09-10T22:59:33.393

1 SSD internal drive vs. desktop hard drive (with 7200 RPM) - Which is preferable? 2013-01-13T16:13:51.330

1 Internal IDE HDD used as external w/ usb adapter and suddenly 2 partitions were gone 2013-04-23T03:04:35.483

1 How do I determine if my controller is in IDE or AHCI mode in Linux? 2013-06-13T11:12:37.540

1 IDE DMA sector numbering 2013-07-13T12:56:44.580

1 Purpose of this IDE cable's attachment box? Is it safe to remove it? 2014-02-26T12:55:19.610

1 Can I attach a Zip Drive to a Hard Disk Enclosure? 2014-03-22T10:18:26.667

1 HDD Regenerator won't fix bad sectors 2014-06-20T19:11:48.673

1 IDE HDD + USB to IDE + PSU + AC cable = external HDD? 2014-08-25T16:35:26.537

1 How to run SSD in XP with SATA hard drive to IDE adapter 2014-10-02T02:13:08.060

1 How do I determine if a hard drive will fit in my computer? 2014-12-27T04:34:10.413

1 Does hooking up two PATA devices on a single cable reduce performance? 2014-12-27T07:58:21.947

1 IDE/PATA wire order? 2015-08-15T16:43:06.043

1 Getting old 40MB hard drive usable in Windows with USB adapter 2015-11-18T06:05:50.030

1 IDE to SATA converter not working. Incompatible or faulty? 2016-01-29T20:58:13.510

1 Internal hard drive with data cable connected but power cable disconnected 2016-02-18T12:59:47.750

1 Booting IDE as master, no boot, no operating sys (/w status need?) 2016-04-20T14:24:08.950