Old IDE and New SATA
by L T Hardwick
(Staffordshire Burntwood UK)
I find SATA far better almost in every way, but there are some flaws.
I find SATA far more likely to breakdown as the cable connections are flimsy compared to IDE, you only have to sneaze and the SATA cable falls out of it’s socket.
I find IDE a lot more rugged and reliable although far slower with data transference. My parents have a SATA hard drive and they have had nothing but problems with it and often it’s due to loose wiring.
IDE despite being old-fashioned (out of date) does have some advantages in reliability. SATA will soon replace the IDE HDDs, which is already happening, I just hope that connections would be more modified to be more reliable.
Dec 18, 2011 | Newer Sata Cables
Al. |
Aug 22, 2011 | sATA cables fall out
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Jul 18, 2011 | Panorama
I find SATA far more likely to breakdown as the cable connections are flimsy compared to IDE, you only have to sneaze and the SATA cable falls out of it’s socket. I find IDE a lot more rugged and reliable although far slower with data transference. My parents have a SATA hard drive and they have had nothing but problems with it and often it’s due to loose wiring. IDE despite being old-fashioned (out of date) does have some advantages in reliability. SATA will soon replace the IDE HDDs, which is already happening, I just hope that connections would be more modified to be more reliable. |
Aug 16, 2010 | SATA cables always fall out
It’s annoying I need to keep plugging the SATA cable back into the hard drive… |
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