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hitech · 12-20-2008, 08:43 AM

Hi
yes, they are the same. the P is for parallel cable that is a flat 40 or 80 wire. they used to be called IDE, and I still do, until SATA drives came out. that uses a round serial cable. hence the S for serial.

12-20-2008, 08:43 AM	#2 (permalink)
hitech Tech Hardware Team Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Kansas Posts: 613 OS: Windows	Re: PATA drive Hi yes, they are the same. the P is for parallel cable that is a flat 40 or 80 wire. they used to be called IDE, and I still do, until SATA drives came out. that uses a round serial cable. hence the S for serial. __________________