sofakng Posted May 8, 2007 Share Posted May 8, 2007 This is a stupid question (and I should knowthe answer, but I don't), but... Is a PATA drive the same as an IDE drive? (eg. what they typically sell in retail stores) I have an SATA drive but apparantly I need to install Mac OS X onto a PATA drive, install an nForce4 SATA driver and then clone the image to my SATA drive. (so I can boot from it) If a PATA drive is NOT the same as an IDE drive, can I use an IDE drive instead of PATA and then clonecopy that to my SATA drive? Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oracle67 Posted May 8, 2007 Share Posted May 8, 2007 IDE (Integrated Drive Electronics) ATA (Advanced Technology Attachment) ATA is the ANSI name for IDE is Advanced Technology Attachment PATA (Paralel Advanced Technology Attachment) Parallel ATA is a standard for connecting hard drives into computer systems... SATA (Serial Advanced Technology Attachment) Is a new standard for connecting hard drives into computer systems. As its name implies, SATA is based on serial signalin... Use Google. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dainix Posted May 8, 2007 Share Posted May 8, 2007 PATA and IDE are the same. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oracle67 Posted May 8, 2007 Share Posted May 8, 2007 correct. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sarahbau Posted May 9, 2007 Share Posted May 9, 2007 IDE (Integrated Drive Electronics) ATA (Advanced Technology Attachment) ATA is the ANSI name for IDE is Advanced Technology Attachment PATA (Paralel Advanced Technology Attachment) Parallel ATA is a standard for connecting hard drives into computer systems... SATA (Serial Advanced Technology Attachment) Is a new standard for connecting hard drives into computer systems. As its name implies, SATA is based on serial signalin... Use Google. In other words, yes. No need to put so much effort into telling him to search Google when the answer is so much easier to type Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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