HD Longevity... new question

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Ok, so now I'm looking at all these HD's. I notice that many of them are
SATA instead of ATA. I have ATA of course. I see that there are adaptors
for power and data cords. Does anyone have any experience with these? Do
they work well? Am I better off getting a SATA with adaptors or should I
just dig up ATA drives?

Paul.
 
Pdigmking said:
Ok, so now I'm looking at all these HD's. I notice that many of
them are SATA instead of ATA. I have ATA of course. I see that
there are adaptors for power and data cords. Does anyone have any
experience with these? Do they work well? Am I better off
getting a SATA with adaptors or should I just dig up ATA drives?
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Your mainboard would need to support SATA, it must have SATA data
connectors on the mainboard. My SATA drive accepts either power
connector, the old IDE or a new SATA power connector.

What is your mainboard make and model?
 
Pdigmking said:
Ok, so now I'm looking at all these HD's. I notice that many of them are
SATA instead of ATA. I have ATA of course. I see that there are adaptors
for power and data cords. Does anyone have any experience with these? Do
they work well? Am I better off getting a SATA with adaptors or should I
just dig up ATA drives?

Paul.
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There are plenty of ATA drives out there. I would and do stick to them, If
I'm working with an ATA system

I personally don't use the adapter, but I have outfitted a few other
machines with them. They work but don't buy the 'cheapest' when deciding on
a purchase.
 
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