i am about to buy a new pc: p4, 2.4ghz, 512 ddram... i am goona to connect my current 20 GB HDD which uses the ATA technology, and buy a new one, which i am gonna to connect as master. i am wondering which hdd to buy: a hdd using the SATA tech' or a HDD using ATA tech? what should i buy? i've heard that i've to put a floppy disk in the drive each time i want the SATA drive to work. is it true? i will apriciate any extra imformation about runnig a sata hdd, and runnig a sata and ata hdd. ************* i know what is the differents between ATA and SATA tech. in the connection to the motherboard. thanx a lot ahead. Some people are alive only because it's illegal to kill them

SATA is Serial ATA. It is more advanced then Parallel ATA and is slightly faster. You need a motherboard that supports SATA to use it. Your information regarding floppy disks is crap. You may need a floppy disk to install the drivers, but that is about all. Why would you have an up-to-date high speed technology like SATA, then rely on thirty year old technology like a floppy to make it work? Stuart

thanx a lot!!! Some people are alive only because it's illegal to kill them