How to tell if it's SATA or IDE?

Hello,

you need to open your machine and check the cable that connects the hard drive to the motherboard. If it's a small blue cable one centimeter long, then it's SATA; otherwise, if it's a wide gray ribbon cable with one side red, then it's IDE.

Thank you very much ^^

And no, I'm not making fun of anyone.

Indeed, you are kind to have replied to me.

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Arf, the technician is getting angry :)

I still confirm what you're saying, looking at your PC from these angles doesn't help us at all. It's not part 1, but the disks are in part 2. If you can remove the silver covers, we could see better, but we believe we can distinguish IDE spins.
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or simply provide the references of your laptop so we could check online if it's SATA or IDE without even having to open it ^^

Technician, if you're angry with me, try using a dictionary next time =)

The computer: Acer Aspire 9513 WSMi... but you could just search on Google, well anyway ^^

To be honest, I'm bad at computers and DIY... Right?! You already knew that oO

It's none of your business, right? Unless you want to manage his personal computer, but in that case, do it via DM... that way it will be more private!!
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"if it's a small blue cable one centimeter" arf that's a problem for me it's a red cable one centimeter does that mean it's not SATA?? ;)

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A little respect for this forum, I'm talking to youndem069, you're not serious and you're wasting time for people who want to help others solve the problem.

Oh no, it's not funny otherwise ^^
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Take Everest, you will report on your system and you will be fixed immediately
In my opinion, it's IDE.
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Uh, it's fine, I know the utility of an external enclosure....
The issue is not there, the issue is why he wants to put his laptop's hard drive in an enclosure when it's perfectly fine in his laptop.... He hasn't mentioned any specific problem, has he!!!!
Come on, Snow White, see you soon :)
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Pour reconnaître si un disque dur est SATA ou IDE, vous pouvez suivre ces étapes :

1. **Vérifiez les connecteurs** :
- **IDE (PATA)** : Le connecteur est large, généralement avec 40 ou 80 broches, et souvent ruban.
- **SATA** : Le connecteur est beaucoup plus petit et plat, avec seulement 7 broches.

2. **Regardez l'étiquette du disque** :
- L'étiquette du disque dur peut mentionner s'il s'agit d'un modèle SATA ou IDE.

3. **Consultez le manuel de la carte mère** :
- Le manuel de la carte mère peut indiquer les types de disques dur supportés.

4. **Système d'exploitation** :
- Sur un ordinateur fonctionnel, vous pouvez vérifier dans le BIOS ou via le gestionnaire de disques dans le système d'exploitation.

5. **Date d'achat et modèle** :
- Les disques plus anciens (environ fin des années 1990 - début 2000) sont souvent IDE. Les disques plus récents sont généralement SATA.

En utilisant ces méthodes, vous pourrez identifier le type de disque dur que vous avez.

I admit. ^^

You can take a dictionary to try to break me.

So so ^^

Sata, indeed...where is it? That is the question? Throwing it away, you can dream?

Get out of this topic if you are here to annoy me, that you can!

Well well...I am also looking for enclosures to put my HDD in...and there is a Sata 2.1/2
1/2 = portable?
Thanks Oxley anyway.

Do you want to put your portable hard drive in an enclosure??? What for?
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I'm here to advise him, not for him to buy just anything...
So have fun by yourself, I'm not going to wear out my keyboard for you...
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Put it on an external hard drive to format it externally... well that's another topic for me ^^ and it's the most economical solution... anyway.

Please let's stay calm =)

Surely they don't care about the world, seriously...
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