scavers Posted May 27, 2006 Share Posted May 27, 2006 Hello All!Today's futureshop flyer advertised a 250gb Maxtor PATA drive. I instinctivly went out and started looking on the net. MY question is, my computer has IDE/ATA only, will a PATA drive be compatable? I'm really hoping so, because this is one hell of a deal! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ibis Posted May 27, 2006 Share Posted May 27, 2006 Yup, PATA = Parallell ATA, the big flat IDE-cables SATA = Serial ATA, the new smaller ones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ssmokee Posted May 27, 2006 Share Posted May 27, 2006 (edited) Becareful...retail boxed drives from what I remember typically have only a 1 year warranty. If you go to a computer store and buy an OEM model hard drive, most come with 3 or 5 year warranties. Edited May 27, 2006 by ssmokee Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LLXX Posted May 28, 2006 Share Posted May 28, 2006 Becareful...retail boxed drives from what I remember typically have only a 1 year warranty. If you go to a computer store and buy an OEM model hard drive, most come with 3 or 5 year warranties.OEM drives are also cheaper since they don't come with a lot of wasteful packaging material. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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