When looking to purchase another drive, any IDE drive will work? That being ultra ATA133, and such?

thank you for your help. My comp does not have the SATA on the motherboard, as I feared. I will send the drive back and find one that will work on my comp. Thank you for all your help.

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First thing you need to do is ensure that your system is suitable for SATA hard drives. The motherboard needs to have a SATA controller onboard, and have sockets for the SATA...

Am new to inside computer works. know all there is to know about software, but hardware is another story. I recently purchased a Serial ATA hard drive, and went to install it, but the cable inside...