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parallel vs. serial ATA

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Spab23

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If I have a hard drive, where in the specs does it say if it's a parallel or serial ATA drive? On the box it just says "ATA/EIDE".
 
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Serial has a small connector, only 5?. While parallel is 40 connectors. The box would say Serial ATA or SATA.

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