09-02-13 15:19 TOM WALKER wrote to ED VANCE about Re: Backup software

 TW> {at}MSGID: 
 EV> ml> IDE, ATA, ATAPI are all pretty much synonymous... IDE came
 EV> ml> about when the HD controller card was removed from the slot and
 EV> ml> placed on the HD... the card used in the slots was then just an
 EV> ml> interface card... since then, there is no interface card in a
 EV> ml> slot as they are now built directly onto the motherboards and
 EV> ml> the cables connected to them there...

 TW> the KEY is the above statement. Teh Three teram are basiclly
 TW> the same thing and are used almost universaly interchangable.
 TW> In fact the MB, 2007 era ASUS M2N-MX SE PLUS, I just replaced
 TW> with my all SATA Drives MB even called the HD cables IDE and
 TW> labeled the connectior on the Mother Board IDE

Tom,

I noticed that in the BIOS of my HP a1430n XP computer that
I got in 2006 that they are called IDE but the MB connectors
and the 250MB HDD are SATA.

And then there is the CD-ROM in a X-BOX MS calls a Disk Drive.

Another neighbor I talk with (not the one helping me get the EZFlyer),
when he talks about his Disk Drive on his X-BOX 360 always confuses
me because I think he is talking about a HDD instead of the CD-ROM
Drive.

He always has to explain to me what the difference between the
Disk Drive he is talking about and the Hard Drive is.

But You Know how confused I can be!

... If it ain't broke, release a NEW version until it is!
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