On Wed, Oct 27, 2010 at 3:05 PM, Rich Shepard <[email protected]>wrote:
> 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. > Indeed, there is no difference. Your adapter will work with all of your hard drives. > > >> (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. > Whatever helps you sleep at night. > > Thanks, > > Rich > -wes _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
