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Can I use SATA HDD's?

2 posts · originally from https://geek.digit.in/community/threads/can-i-use-sata-hdds.166002/

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shoebahmed Original post #1
Nov 10, 2012 at 3:38 PM
My PC is a old one and it supports only PATA/IDE/ATA Hard disks, Is there any sort of converter or anything like that from which I would be able to use a SATA hard disk which are cheaper and have high capacities?

My Current HDD details:
ST3802110A ATA Device
Manufacturer Seagate
Form Factor 3.5"
Heads 16
Cylinders 16383
Device type Fixed
ATA Standard ATA/ATAPI-7
Serial Number 9LR4KDW4
LBA Size 48-bit LBA
Power On Count 4431 times
Power On Time 391.4 days
Features S.M.A.R.T.
Transfer Mode Ultra DMA/100
Interface PATA
Capacity 75GB
Real size 80,026,361,856 bytes
RAID Type None

Motherboard (If needed)
Manufacturer Foxconn
Model Spruce (Socket 775)
Chipset Vendor Intel
Chipset Model i865P/PE/G/i848P
Chipset Revision A2
Southbridge Vendor Intel
Southbridge Model 82801EB (ICH5)
Southbridge Revision 02

Thanks a lot :blackhat:
Sainatarajan
Nov 10, 2012 at 5:25 PM
You can get a IDE to SATA Converter and you can use the SATA HDD. But it is not Recommended.