How to Install a PATA Hard Drive

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Tip 1 - How to Install a PATA Hard Drive | eHow

Published: 9 years, 3 month(s) ago | Submitted by Gary Stanislawski | permalink

At one time or another, every computer owner needs more data storage space. Whether you want the computer to hold more games, movies, pictures or music, a new hard drive is the answer. Installing a parallel ATA (PATA) hard drive, more commonly known as ATA or IDE hard drive, might initially appear to be complicated, but modern hard drives are more...

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Tip 2 - Installing a Hard Drive

Published: 9 years, 3 month(s) ago | Submitted by Sharri Harmel | permalink

Learn how to install a PC hard drive.
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Tip 3 - How can I use an old PATA hard disk drive on my newer SATA-only computer?

Published: 9 years, 3 month(s) ago | Submitted by Matthew Mc Murray | permalink

I've got some old hard drives I'd like to connect to my new computer to quickly transfer gigs and gigs of data from the old drives to my nice large new drives. The old drives are PATA/IDE/ATA and ...

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Tip 4 - How to install a hard drive

Published: 9 years, 3 month(s) ago | Submitted by Heather Ulm | permalink

Pack trillions more bytes into your PC with a storage upgrade

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Tip 5 - How to Add an Extra Hard Drive

Published: 9 years, 3 month(s) ago | Submitted by Ruth De Bardeleben | permalink

Need more storage on your computer? This article will show you some simple steps to help you add a new hard drive and more storage space to your computer. Check if you need the IDE (parallel ATA) or Serial ATA. While older computers...
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