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on what kinda hard drive i have? IDE, sata, sca, scsi.



any help would be appreciated

    
happeharkore

Have you tried looking in the BIOS?

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Kornowski

i dont know how

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happeharkore

could you tell me how?

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happeharkore

When your computer boots up look for text on a black screen that says enter BIOS, it may be F2 or F12... Check your manual that came with the computer, It should be in there...

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Kornowski

or... take off the front cover (perfectly safe as long as you dont touch), now if you see some flat wide cables about 1mm thick and 2 inches wide, then its IDE.

for SATA it is usually a red cable with a black socket going from the harddrive to the motherboard. look up on google what a harddrive looks like so you can tell what cable is coming out.

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mattsprattuk

I'd use the method mattsprattuk suggested. SATA cables can be any colour, but they are only about a 1/2 inch wide.

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