Can a PATA drive be put into a computer that is currently using IDE? Is the
ribbon cable the same with both drive-types?

See the Wikipedia article for a description of PATA. IDE and PATA are,
these days, just two ways to say the same thing.
Jim
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> Can a PATA drive be put into a computer that is currently using IDE? Is
> the ribbon cable the same with both drive-types?
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