On Wed, 27 Oct 2010, wes wrote: > What's the difference between a 3.5" optical drive and a 3.5" PATA drive? > (PATA is what you are calling IDE; both PATA and SATA are varieties of > IDE)
Wes, There's probably no difference. I read the printed labels by each port while I'm trying to do three other things. The obvious sometime slips past me. >> (Of course, the failed motherboard might have affected the hard drives, >> too, and the new installation would fix that.) > This is a good move. Just in case there are hd issues, I think I'd be wise to use the external backup drive (written by dirvish) to restore files. Thanks, Rich _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
