wheelz Posted May 13, 2005 Posted May 13, 2005 got new computer not long ago and upgraded the hd to 200g sata,the thing is i cant see mention of sata anywhere in my computer(not even when starting up).how can i check to make sure they did upgrade the hd, i would hate to be ripped off. cheers
kenneth1503559512 Posted May 13, 2005 Posted May 13, 2005 Right click on My Computer -> Manage -> Device Manager -> Open the disk drives section. It may say that it is a SCSI drive (my Maxtor 160GB SATA hard drives says it is). If not, take note of the model numbers in the list and do a search for them on Google.
wheelz Posted May 13, 2005 Author Posted May 13, 2005 thanks for reply kenneth ,looked it up and all is ok ,i have 200sata.laurie i did see the ATA at the start of opening computer but i thought that that sould have said S ATA thats what got me worring in the first place,but all is well .thanks guys cheers
mtv Posted May 13, 2005 Posted May 13, 2005 SATA drives are also very easy to physically tell apart from ATA, as they use a small 4 wire cable as opposed to the ATA 40/80 wire cable & connector.
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