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Software to indicate if HD installed is SATA or IDE ?
Without taking pc lid off - is there a software way to indicate if sata or ide ? maybe a smart indicator function ? its so i can help someone find out which theres is and then i'll get them a new one thanks |
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Software to indicate if HD installed is SATA or IDE ?
2009 wrote:
Without taking pc lid off - is there a software way to indicate if sata or ide ? Yes, Everest should tell you. http://www.majorgeeks.com/download.php?det=4181 maybe a smart indicator function ? Nope. its so i can help someone find out which theres is and then i'll get them a new one |
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Software to indicate if HD installed is SATA or IDE ?
2009 wrote:
Without taking pc lid off - is there a software way to indicate if sata or ide ? maybe a smart indicator function ? its so i can help someone find out which theres is and then i'll get them a new one Huh? If you want to put in a new one, you have to open it anyways. As to the question, any reasonable SMART tool will give you the model number. The BIOS startup screen will likely give you the model number. Going into the BIOS will surely give you the model number. Put the model number into google to find out more about the disk. Arno |
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Software to indicate if HD installed is SATA or IDE ?
Arno wrote:
2009 wrote: Without taking pc lid off - is there a software way to indicate if sata or ide ? maybe a smart indicator function ? its so i can help someone find out which theres is and then i'll get them a new one Huh? If you want to put in a new one, you have to open it anyways. But he isnt necessarily next to it right now and wants to show up in person with the correct drive to install. As to the question, any reasonable SMART tool will give you the model number. The BIOS startup screen will likely give you the model number. Going into the BIOS will surely give you the model number. Put the model number into google to find out more about the disk. |
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Software to indicate if HD installed is SATA or IDE ?
Arno wrote:
2009 wrote: Without taking pc lid off - is there a software way to indicate if sata or ide ? maybe a smart indicator function ? its so i can help someone find out which theres is and then i'll get them a new one Huh? If you want to put in a new one, you have to open it anyways. As to the question, any reasonable SMART tool will give you the model number. The BIOS startup screen will likely give you the model number. Going into the BIOS will surely give you the model number. Put the model number into google to find out more about the disk. Arno point taken but its for the user to run and save me bringing two penny dropped then ? |
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Software to indicate if HD installed is SATA or IDE ?
Rod Speed wrote:
2009 wrote: Without taking pc lid off - is there a software way to indicate if sata or ide ? Yes, Everest should tell you. http://www.majorgeeks.com/download.php?det=4181 maybe a smart indicator function ? Nope. its so i can help someone find out which theres is and then i'll get them a new one thanks i'll give everest a go |
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Software to indicate if HD installed is SATA or IDE ?
JK Jones wrote:
Arno wrote: 2009 wrote: Without taking pc lid off - is there a software way to indicate if sata or ide ? maybe a smart indicator function ? its so i can help someone find out which theres is and then i'll get them a new one Huh? If you want to put in a new one, you have to open it anyways. But he isnt necessarily next to it right now and wants to show up in person with the correct drive to install. Hmm. Would explain it. My approach would be to look first, after all, there may be something non-standard. The risk is pretty low though and a model number search should reveal it too. Arno |
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Software to indicate if HD installed is SATA or IDE ?
2009 wrote:
Arno wrote: 2009 wrote: Without taking pc lid off - is there a software way to indicate if sata or ide ? maybe a smart indicator function ? its so i can help someone find out which theres is and then i'll get them a new one Huh? If you want to put in a new one, you have to open it anyways. As to the question, any reasonable SMART tool will give you the model number. The BIOS startup screen will likely give you the model number. Going into the BIOS will surely give you the model number. Put the model number into google to find out more about the disk. Arno point taken but its for the user to run and save me bringing two penny dropped then ? Indeed. Arno |
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Software to indicate if HD installed is SATA or IDE ?
Rod Speed wrote:
2009 wrote: Without taking pc lid off - is there a software way to indicate if sata or ide ? Yes, Everest should tell you. http://www.majorgeeks.com/download.php?det=4181 Okay, just tried Everest myself, on my system that has the mixed PATA & SATA drives. No direct indicator available whether each was a SATA or an IDE drive, they use the exact same standard Microsoft drivers in each case. The only way to tell might be indirectly, because Everest will tell you the model number of the drive, which you can then Google as Arno said. Yousuf Khan |
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Software to indicate if HD installed is SATA or IDE ?
Yousuf Khan wrote
Rod Speed wrote 2009 wrote Without taking pc lid off - is there a software way to indicate if sata or ide ? Yes, Everest should tell you. http://www.majorgeeks.com/download.php?det=4181 Okay, just tried Everest myself, on my system that has the mixed PATA & SATA drives. No direct indicator available whether each was a SATA or an IDE drive, Yeah, said that a bit cryptically. Everest will till you the full drive model number and you get it from that, using the manufacturer's web site. they use the exact same standard Microsoft drivers in each case. The only way to tell might be indirectly, because Everest will tell you the model number of the drive, which you can then Google as Arno said. Thats what I meant, and should have said that explicitly. |
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