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| From | Gordon <Gordon@clear.net.nz> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.os.linux.hardware |
| Subject | Re: Re (2): HOW2 transition from IDE to <new ones>? |
| Date | 2012-05-22 05:41 +0000 |
| Message-ID | <a20n84F6irU2@mid.individual.net> (permalink) |
| References | <jp6hcg$f38$1@dont-email.me> <jp8acd$e2g$1@dont-email.me> |
On 2012-05-19, no.top.post@gmail.com <no.top.post@gmail.com> wrote: > In article <jp6hcg$f38$1@dont-email.me>, Bobbie Sellers <bliss-sf4ever@dslextreme.com> wrote: > >> On 05/18/2012 12:28 PM, no.top.post@gmail.com wrote: >> > I've been using IDE hard-disks since the 90s. >> > Now this netbook shows /dev/sda1,2,3,4. >> > I've read that these new-ones are better& cheaper. >> > But the value in not in the hardware. it's in the contents, >> > and we must keep our valuable data - with continuity. >> > >> > So can you have a BIG new-disk and say-2 IDEs on the >> > same old/2005 PC? >> > >> > == TIA >> > >> >> What hardware might you have already? >> Same/old 2005 PC defines no important parameters >> of the machine aside from age. >> > All the PCs that I have access to [except a netbook, which I don't > intend to open up] have 2 40-pin sockets for master/slave IDE > drive cables. > > Can such MOBOs accomodate the new type; perhaps with a ><plug in>? > I can't believe that when the new drives came out, users had > to just discard their existing PCs. > There was a transistion period of years on the MB side of things. They had a single PATA socket. The SATA drives did not cause all PATA drives to vanish over night.
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HOW2 transition from IDE to <new ones>? no.top.post@gmail.com - 2012-05-18 19:28 +0000
Re: HOW2 transition from IDE to <new ones>? Bobbie Sellers <bliss-sf4ever@dslextreme.com> - 2012-05-18 15:10 -0700
Re (2): HOW2 transition from IDE to <new ones>? no.top.post@gmail.com - 2012-05-19 14:23 +0000
Re: Re (2): HOW2 transition from IDE to <new ones>? Bobbie Sellers <bliss-sf4ever@dslextreme.com> - 2012-05-19 08:08 -0700
Re: Re (2): HOW2 transition from IDE to <new ones>? Paul <nospam@needed.com> - 2012-05-19 11:50 -0400
Re: Re (2): HOW2 transition from IDE to <new ones>? Kevin Snodgrass <kdsnodgrass@yahoo.com> - 2012-05-20 21:22 +0000
Re: Re (2): HOW2 transition from IDE to <new ones>? Gordon <Gordon@clear.net.nz> - 2012-05-22 05:41 +0000
Re: HOW2 transition from IDE to <new ones>? terryc <newsninespam-spam@woa.com.au> - 2012-05-21 11:01 +1000
Re: HOW2 transition from IDE to <new ones>? Danno <WhoaBaby@MySecretPlace.org> - 2012-05-20 22:19 -0600
Re: HOW2 transition from IDE to <new ones>? john connolly <wconn@kc.rr.com> - 2012-05-22 21:03 +0000
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