2.5" External usb hard drives

[bladeiai]

Does anyone know if the usb external hard drives like these:

Simpletech 320gb

WESTERN DIGITAL 320GB My Passport Essential 2.5" USB 2.0

are IDE or sata interface?

I'm thinking about picking one up taking it out putting it in my laptop and taking the exsisting drive and putting it in the usb external case, but it would have to be SATA for that to work...

Thanks

 

[xenotype]

Good question. Little way of knowing, other than through experience, or lot numbers on the net. From what I've seen, its mixed, the earlier batches used IDE, but now the trend is SATA, but whos to say how long a package has been sitting on a shelf.

 

[bladeiai]

Do they even make 320gb IDE 2.5" drives? I can't find anyone that sells them? Newegg only has sata drives at that capacity