The Poojer Posted November 3, 2008 Share Posted November 3, 2008 my laptop harddrive crashed a few weeks ago, i replaced the harddrive and thanx to dean, the laptop is running well. the hard drive may be salvageable...or at least useable. a friend told me to get a Serial ATA hard drive enclosure and try to create an external harddrive...blah blah blah.....i got a free ATA enclosure....what is the difference between the 2, is it only transfer speed? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Avenger Posted November 3, 2008 Share Posted November 3, 2008 my laptop harddrive crashed a few weeks ago, i replaced the harddrive and thanx to dean, the laptop is running well. the hard drive may be salvageable...or at least useable. a friend told me to get a Serial ATA hard drive enclosure and try to create an external harddrive...blah blah blah.....i got a free ATA enclosure....what is the difference between the 2, is it only transfer speed? SATA refers to the bus arhitecture - how the data is transferred between the drive and the motherboard. You can use the SATA enclosure if you have a SATA drive and the motherboard will accept SATA (i.e. - it has a SATA port) - if it doesn't the enclosure you have won't do you any good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KRC Posted November 3, 2008 Share Posted November 3, 2008 You should call Geek Squad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuckincincy Posted November 3, 2008 Share Posted November 3, 2008 You should call Geek Squad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Poojer Posted November 3, 2008 Author Share Posted November 3, 2008 You should call Geek Squad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beerball Posted November 3, 2008 Share Posted November 3, 2008 You should call Geek Squad. I just got that. Pretty clever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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