Hard Drive questions

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Newer motherboards usually support both types of drives. I don't know of
any adapters... yet.
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Cari (MS-MVP)
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"The Old Timer" <notathome@optusnet.com.au> wrote in message
newsfbYFNNjFHA.1416@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> I'm told that drives often now come in both serial & parallel versions.
> Is there plugs that allow you to use either if your motherboard supports
> both or if you wished to use the older sort with a new motherboard? Do
> newer motherboards usually support using both sort of drives at once & is
> there any problem in doing so?
>
> --
> Thanks in advance
>

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.hardware (More info?)

The hard drive do not have both the SATA (serial) or PATA (parallel) on
together. You can both a SATA based hard drive or a PATA one.

Motherboards are still providing BOTH PATA and SATA connector so you can
mix/match hard drives.

There are convertors where you can convert one type of hard drive to
another. However, it is more affordable to "add" a hard drive to a PCI
slot. You can get PATA(parallel) PCI adapter or a SATA(serial) PCI adapter
for less money that the drive convertors. Also, the coresponding PCI hard
drive controllers "appear: to be more reliable than the drive "convertors".


"The Old Timer" <notathome@optusnet.com.au> wrote in message
newsfbYFNNjFHA.1416@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> I'm told that drives often now come in both serial & parallel versions.
> Is there plugs that allow you to use either if your motherboard supports
> both or if you wished to use the older sort with a new motherboard? Do
> newer motherboards usually support using both sort of drives at once & is
> there any problem in doing so?
>
> --
> Thanks in advance
>