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

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

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

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.

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 ?

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

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

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

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

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.