Device Interface... HELP

[psychogee4o8]

whats the difference between Ultra ATA, EIDE, IDE, and Parallel ATA.

Do they all use the same cable and which can i put in an external harddrive and which have greater speeds. Thanks!

 

[daphatgrant]

All use the same IDE cable. Look for a 7200rpm drive w/ at least an 8mb cache if not 16mb.