Pata Hard Drives

[Alfredw1]

Will PATA Hard Drive Work with a laptop that uses IDE/ATA? i bought A 60GIG hard drive for my compaq evo n610c and once i opened it i noticed it was a PATA Hard dirve.

 

[King X13]

PATA is IDE

 

[Alfredw1]

okay thanks i was worried
do you know if they charge in BEST BUY to put ina the hard drive? i bought from there today

 

[King X13]

yeah they charge for everything, its not that hard tho you could figure it out

 

[Alfredw1]

okay thanks again

 

[King X13]

if you need a walk through let me know.

 

[Alfredw1]

where can i get the screwdrivers that are neede for this? they are small. how do they cost?

 

[JoshSB]

IDE and ATA are interchangable, Intelligent Drive Electronic vs Advanced Technology Attachment.

 

[Nitestick]

PATA was just coined to make differentiating ATA and SATA on paper a little easier. the P stands for Parallel as opposed to S for Serial so i guess it helps.

 

[Alfredw1]

i need help!! urgent!! i was putting in the hard drive and i broke the HARD DRIVE TRAY!!! how do i fix this?!! where can i get a new one? help!!!!