SATA Drive in Older PC

[Peter]

Is there any type of adapter available that will enable me to put a new
SATA hard drive in an older PC that pre-dates SATA?

I understand that I might sacrifice some performance which is OK as long
as it works.

Peter

 

[philo]

Is there any type of adapter available that will enable me to put a new
SATA hard drive in an older PC that pre-dates SATA?

I understand that I might sacrifice some performance which is OK as long
as it works.

Peter

Sure...
most computer parts suppliers now carry PCI SATA controllers
and ATA to SATA adaptors

for example

http://www.newegg.com/app/viewproduct.asp?DEPA=1&submit=Go&description=sata,controller

 

[res0r89p]

Hi,
I have one from Promise, an SATA150 controller with 2 SATA connectors(ONE
drive per connector, mind you) and a standard ATA 133 connector. It works
fine in XP Pro with my Seagate 120gig drive. I have a Plll 933. The SATA
drive has no jumpers to set.
Peter Cowie.