Re: HOW2 copy IDE to SATA?

From	Gordon <Gordon@clear.net.nz>
Newsgroups	comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject	Re: HOW2 copy IDE to SATA?
Date	2012-07-06 05:34 +0000
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On 2012-06-12, Joe Pfeiffer <pfeiffer@cs.nmsu.edu> wrote:
> no.top.post@gmail.com writes:
>
>> I read:
>>> You  can  buy  integrated motherboards that allow a computer to use
>>> both  SATA and IDE hard drives. However, only one of the two may be
>>> used  at  any  given  time  and both cannot be used simultaneously.
>>>
>
> Do you have a source for this quote?  I've never heard of a motherboard
> that couldn't use PATA and SATA smultaneously; I'm doing exactly that
> right now.
>
>> So if they can't run on the same PC at the same time, how do you
>> copy your old IDEs to a SATA?
>>
>> Are SATAs as reliable as IDE?
>
> Yes.

Lets us all remember that SATA is nothing more than an interface, it is not
the hardware plugged into it. Sorry to be a bit picky.

SSDs come in with a SATA interface but they are not mechanical like most
HDDs.

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HOW2 copy IDE to SATA? no.top.post@gmail.com - 2012-06-11 11:33 +0000
  Re: HOW2 copy IDE to SATA? Richard Kettlewell <rjk@greenend.org.uk> - 2012-06-11 12:45 +0100
  Re: HOW2 copy IDE to SATA? terryc <newsninespam-spam@woa.com.au> - 2012-06-11 21:54 +1000
  Re: HOW2 copy IDE to SATA? Paul <nospam@needed.com> - 2012-06-11 08:44 -0400
    Re (2): HOW2 copy IDE to SATA? no.top.post@gmail.com - 2012-06-14 06:45 +0000
  Re: HOW2 copy IDE to SATA? John McGaw <Nobody@Nowh.ere> - 2012-06-11 10:19 -0400
    Re: HOW2 copy IDE to SATA? Jon Danniken <jonSPAMdanniken@yaSMPAhoo.com> - 2012-06-11 07:41 -0700
      Re: HOW2 copy IDE to SATA? Grinder <grinder@no.spam.maam.com> - 2012-06-11 10:53 -0500
      Re: HOW2 copy IDE to SATA? J G Miller <miller@yoyo.ORG> - 2012-06-11 17:33 +0000
      Re: HOW2 copy IDE to SATA? Anssi Saari <as@sci.fi> - 2012-06-13 10:51 +0300
    Re: HOW2 copy IDE to SATA? Anssi Saari <as@sci.fi> - 2012-06-13 10:51 +0300
  Re: HOW2 copy IDE to SATA? "larry moe 'n curly" <larrymoencurly@my-deja.com> - 2012-06-12 00:35 -0700
    Re: HOW2 copy IDE to SATA? Paul <nospam@needed.com> - 2012-06-12 04:28 -0400
  Re: HOW2 copy IDE to SATA? Joe Pfeiffer <pfeiffer@cs.nmsu.edu> - 2012-06-12 10:16 -0600
    Re: HOW2 copy IDE to SATA? Winniethepooh@100acrewoods.net (GMAN) - 2012-06-13 03:56 +0000
    Re: HOW2 copy IDE to SATA? Gordon <Gordon@clear.net.nz> - 2012-07-06 05:34 +0000

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