Re: [PLUG] hard drive interface question

[Paul <gyoza@comcast.net>]

Jeff Abrahamson wrote:

> Google gives me way too many hits on this when I just want a simple
> definition.
>
> I'm buying a new hard drive.  Does anyone know the difference between
> EIDE vs EIDE/U133 vs ATA/133 vs SATA?  Should I care when my usage is
> not gaming?
>
>  

Roughly...  EIDE is Enhanced IDE, which all IDE drives made today are.

U133 and ATA/133 refer to the same thing; they indicates a potential 
transfer rate.  The higher the better.

SATA is serial as opposed to the typical parallel bus drive.  A serial 
drive should be backwards compatible with a parallel interface.  Serial 
drives are supposed to be faster, but are more expensive and requires a 
compatible controller.

Just grab an EIDE ATA/100 or better drive and be done with it.  That's 
typically what you'll find and it will be compatible with just about any 
EIDE controller.

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