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ATA/ATAPI IDE Controller

miblanc Posted messages 16 Status Membre -  
miblanc Posted messages 16 Status Membre -
Hello,
Can you explain to me what the ATA/ATAPI IDE controller is used for, what does it control, hard drive, CD drive, floppy disk drive or something else? Thank you for your response.
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Anonymous user
 
Absolutely! It's the controller for readers that have an IDE interface: hard drives, CD/DVD drives.
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EminoMeneko Posted messages 2499 Status Membre 318
 
ATA is for hard drives and ATAPI is for optical drives to be precise.
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miblanc Posted messages 16 Status Membre > EminoMeneko Posted messages 2499 Status Membre
 
My hard drive is a SATA. What do you call optical disks? And what does IDE mean? Can you provide me with information?
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EminoMeneko Posted messages 2499 Status Membre 318 > miblanc Posted messages 16 Status Membre
 
If you look closely at the word ATA at the very beginning of my previous message, you'll see it's in blue: it's a LINK! =D and you will have everything you need. Optical discs are the discs that are often read by laser, like CDs or DVDs. :)
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miblanc Posted messages 16 Status Membre > EminoMeneko Posted messages 2499 Status Membre
 
Sorry, I quickly read your message and didn't notice that the ATA was in blue. Thank you for the information, tonight I will sleep less ignorant. Thanks again and have a good evening.
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