“How do I know if my hard drive is compatible or SATA?”

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• Any relatively new hard drive will be SATA. This format has been around for some time now. However, to be sure, note the connections: SATA has two small cables that connect it to a computer. The older style had one long connector and a smaller power connector.

  Answered by BillH 8 years ago

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• The connectors on a SATA hard drive look different than the IDE ones. The IDE connectors are a bank of pins whereas the SATA connectors on the larger harddrives look like black plastic "L"'s. On a laptop drive, the SATA connectors look like a flat connector with copper "teeth." Do a google image search for examples.

  Answered by mikeroeder 8 years ago

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• The hard drives will usual say SATA or Serial ATA on the label. If the hard drive has pins, it is an IDE or PATA drive and is not compatible.

  Answered by Angel 8 years ago

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• The hard drive will say on it if its SATA usually. but for the sake of accuracy. SATA hard drives us a circuit board type plug, IDE are the type of plugs with pins.

  Answered by rrose75 8 years ago

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• Serial ATA or SATA 3.0 has been around since 2009. If you have a question about the disk, look at your HDD and it will say what connection it uses.

  Answered by dropie 8 years ago

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