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    Which Hard Disk Type is mine?

    Hello, I want to know which hard disk type is mine, before getting a new one, As I went to the shop they said is it SATA or IDE ( maybe i am wrong ) must be of other type.

    Pls help me out which Hard Drive is mine,

    here are my Computer Specs

    http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport...D=c00215315#A6


    Just browse down to the Hard Drive Specs . I am not able to figure out which one i have pls help me!

    Currently I have ( in my device manager ) Samsung SP0802N ATA Device!

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    Re: Which Hard Disk Type is mine?

    Ask for ATA Drive. It is an IDE drive. I will show you the difference here. Look at the below pic. IDE drives have a broad rectangle connection. They have large number of pins with 4 pin separate power connection. While SATA is much more smaller pinless connection. You can get the exact difference below. After reading your system specs I found that you are having a IDE drive. For confirmation just open your system case and inside see your hard disk. At end you can see the cable connected. If it is bigger then it IDE and if it is small thin connector around 1 inch then it is SATA.


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