<html><head><style type='text/css'>p { margin: 0; }</style></head><body><div style='font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000'>You can't use SATA drives unless the motherboard has SATA connectors or if you install a SATA card. I assume the card contains a BIOS to let you boot from a SATA drive.<br><br>If you live in Denver, you could try Microcenter. If you buy online, there are a lot of companies to choose from. Newegg is a good choice.<br><br>----- Original Message -----<br>From: "Adrian F. Nagle, IV" <anagle@naglenet.org><br>To: "ml.clue-tech clue" <clue-tech@cluedenver.org><br>Sent: Friday, July 31, 2009 6:45:03 AM GMT -07:00 US/Canada Mountain<br>Subject: [clue-tech] SATA vs. "IDE"?<br><br><br>My server hard drive just crashed and is making banging sounds. I want to pick up a new one today. Is Best Buy typically the best place to get a inexpensive drive? I'm looking online and I see many SATA drives. Is it true that I can't plug a SATA drive into my old "IDE" motherboard (the tape connectors). Do I just look for "IDE" drives? There doesn't seem to be much selection.<br><br>Thank you.<br><br>Adrian<br><br> -- <br>Adrian Nagle ~ anagle@naglenet.org ~ http://www.naglenet.org/<br><br>_______________________________________________<br>clue-tech mailing list<br>clue-tech@cluedenver.org<br>http://www.cluedenver.org/mailman/listinfo/clue-tech<br></div></body></html>