What is IDE?

imanAz Posts: 2, Reputation: 1

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Nov 29, 2010, 08:57 AM

What is IDE?

What is the difference between IDE and SCSI?

RickJ Posts: 7,762, Reputation: 864

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Nov 29, 2010, 09:00 AM

Here is a decent primer on the subject:
Learn the difference between SCSI and IDE

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