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Serum · 02.12.2008, 02:24 AM

Yes, sata is hot swappable, ide is not;

It really doesn't matter unless someone is planning on taking the disk out and put insinde the computer. (and the the current prices of hdd's i wouldn't bother taking out a 160gb disk from an external housing)

While SATA is the new standard, IDE exceeds the speed of usb 2.0.

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Serum RC-Monster Admin Offline Posts: 10,480 Join Date: Feb 2005	02.12.2008, 02:24 AM Yes, sata is hot swappable, ide is not; It really doesn't matter unless someone is planning on taking the disk out and put insinde the computer. (and the the current prices of hdd's i wouldn't bother taking out a 160gb disk from an external housing) While SATA is the new standard, IDE exceeds the speed of usb 2.0.