On Thu, May 9, 2024 at 2:12 PM Dale <rdalek1...@gmail.com> wrote: <SNIP> > Can someone tell me how to know when a drive has PWDIS and when it > doesn't? Is there some term for it that shows in the specs and I'm > missing it? Or is there no way to really know?
I believe PWDIS is part of the SATA 3.3 spec so first filter would be don't buy a SATA 3.3 drive for an old PC. I have done NO online research to take this with less than a grain of salt. Mark