Bryce. Posted February 23, 2006 Share Posted February 23, 2006 Is there a program that can check what kind of HD I have? I have a Dell and am buying a new comp and I want to make sure it will sync up nicely with my new mobo. If you could help, that would be great, thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaptainSpaulding. Posted February 23, 2006 Share Posted February 23, 2006 There's only one kind of HDD. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MegaVovaN Posted February 23, 2006 Share Posted February 23, 2006 There's only one kind of HDD. Wrong! There are IDE (ATA), SATA, SATA II, SCSI, HDDs, etc. OP: Look up specs by dell's model number on their site, or better off use Everest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaptainSpaulding. Posted February 23, 2006 Share Posted February 23, 2006 There's only one kind of HDD. Wrong! There are IDE, SATA, SATA II, SCSI, HDDs, etc. OP: Look up specs by dell's model number on their site, or better off use Everest. My bad. But AFAIK Dells use IDE, as do a lot of PCs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MegaVovaN Posted February 23, 2006 Share Posted February 23, 2006 Nop, new PCs use SATA cause it's faster than IDE. I went to dells site and chose first random PC I saw, and it uses SATA HDD! (Click "System Details"). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forfit Posted February 23, 2006 Share Posted February 23, 2006 There are programs like HD Tune and if you click the Info tab it should tell you i think. But do you want to know the interface or brand or both? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaptainSpaulding. Posted February 23, 2006 Share Posted February 23, 2006 Nop, new PCs use SATA cause it's faster than IDE. I went to dells site and chose first random PC I saw, and it uses SATA HDD!(Click "System Details"). I should just shut up then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bryce. Posted February 24, 2006 Author Share Posted February 24, 2006 (edited) I just want to know the interface. I'm trying HD Tune now Edit: Under the info tab near the standard part its says :ATA/ATAPI-0 but then in active it says Ultra ATA/100. Can someone try it for me and see which one? Edited February 24, 2006 by Bryceroni69 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MegaVovaN Posted February 24, 2006 Share Posted February 24, 2006 I just want to know the interface. I'm trying HD Tune now Edit: Under the info tab near the standard part its says :ATA/ATAPI-0 but then in active it says Ultra ATA/100. Can someone try it for me and see which one? It does not matter. ATA/Ultra ATA/ATAPI both mean same thing - IDE. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bryce. Posted February 25, 2006 Author Share Posted February 25, 2006 (edited) Well I may have a problem then, because most CD/DVD Drives use IDE as well correct? Because the mobo I am buying only has 1 IDE Header, 1 FDD Header, and 4 SATA ports? Will I be ok, how do I check what kind of interface my cd/dvd drive has? If it helps my system is a Dell Dimension 2400 Thanks Edited February 25, 2006 by Bryceroni69 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MegaVovaN Posted February 25, 2006 Share Posted February 25, 2006 Post what mobo you buying, and what you plan to do? WIth correct advice on HDDs you could mess up on other things...it is better to rebuild whole PC, you can't be sure dell case will fit the motherboard and power supply wont handle good videocard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
K^2 Posted February 25, 2006 Share Posted February 25, 2006 A single IDE port can handle two IDE devices. One set to master, other to slave. If you only have one optical drive and one HDD, you should be fine with one IDE port. Alternatively, there might be a way to simply copy the contents of your current HDD to a SATA HDD, so that you keep your OS and all the installed program, but at the same time benefit from faster HDD access via SATA and making it easy to add additional HDDs to your system. Prior to filing a bug against any of my code, please consider this response to common concerns. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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