Re: External Sata hard drive
 

"Phil" <HGG1533@no.nospam.net> wrote in message
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> Someone asked me if they purchased an internal SATA hard drive and put it
> in a SATA enclosure would they be able to use it as an external hard drive
> on their PC that has an IDE internal drive? Any conflicts or problems?
>
> Any help appreciated. Thanks.
>
> Phil B.
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> "
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I assume you mean an external sata enclosure that is connected to it's own
dedicated PCI card , it is a common configuration with PC's with IDE drives
there will be no conflicts and no problems.

Re: External Sata hard drive
 

>> Someone asked me if they purchased an internal SATA hard drive and
>> put it in a SATA enclosure would they be able to use it as an
>> external hard drive on their PC that has an IDE internal drive? Any
>> conflicts or problems?

> I assume you mean an external sata enclosure that is connected to
> it's own dedicated PCI card , it is a common configuration with PC's
> with IDE drives there will be no conflicts and no problems.

There are external SATA drive enclosures that can also be connected via
USB, but you'll lose the SATA speed advantage.