SATA and IDE Hard Drives

[Eric J. Feldhusen]

Karl Larsen wrote:
> 
>    Well today with hdparm I learned what I should have guessed. The 
> difference in data flow is not enough to even think about. I paid $70.00 
> for my SATA and it is just not what I had hoped for. It is just a newer 
> design of the old IDE and not much faster. I will use it but not for 
> anything but another kind of thing. Maybe F9.

Are your drives and motherboard SATA II capable?  If they are, you will 
see a performance increase over the old PATA(IDE/ATA) drives.

Eric Feldhusen