Sata or Pata DVD Writer to buy ...

[passion_unlimitedd]

i am planning to buy a DVD Writer for my PC. I've heard that sata optical drives gives problem while we need to boot from CD/DVD. is it true ? if true then wht the problem may be and wht will be its solution. shall i go for a sata optical drive or pata optical drive.

I have FOXCONN 45CM-S mobo which has 4 sata and 1 pata slot. can i install windows xp from scratch with xp bootable disk ?

give me some knowledge ...

[slugger]

i am not aware of such problems arisin with SATA optical drives [even DIGIT did not report any in their test conducted this month]

havin siad this, if you are a home user with the normal requirements of a home user, i really don't see any harm in pruchsin a PATA either
performs reliably at acceptable speed, costs not very different, may not perform as fast but that shud not b a very big factor as long as you have a perfectly burnt disk

[passion_unlimitedd]

thanks slugger, the Chronic Intel Collector

i am also a die hard intel user like u.

[Choto Cheeta]

PATA for me

[slugger]

Originally Posted by passion_unlimitedd

i am also a die hard intel user like u.

OFFTOPIC



Intel not as in Intel® but intel as in Information/Knowledge
(eg. based on the latest intel recieved, it is believed the Osama.....)

I've been an AMD user since '99

[shadow2get]

Originally Posted by Choto Cheeta

PATA for me

Hey Choto Cheeta,
Give your reasons for choosing PATA over SATA.
Let everyone know.

[passion_unlimitedd]

Originally Posted by slugger

OFFTOPIC



Intel not as in Intel® but intel as in Information/Knowledge
(eg. based on the latest intel recieved, it is believed the Osama.....)

I've been an AMD user since '99

ok !!

Originally Posted by Choto Cheeta

PATA for me

whts the reason ?

[utsav]

Man.go for sata.in pata drives u will surely face the problm of slow read and write speeds becoz many times the transfer mode changes to pio.in sata drives thr is no sucg problm

[slugger]

Originally Posted by utsav

Man.go for sata.in pata drives u will surely face the problm of slow read and write speeds becoz many times the transfer mode changes to pio.

d00d that has got NOTHING to do with any problem with with the PATA drive but it occurs when you you try to use a faulty disk

http://winhlp.com/node/10

Originally Posted by utsav

in sata drives thr is no sucg problm

show me 1 site [not a wiki or your own blog] that wil support your claim and i will show you 43600 sites to show you that SATA drives do go into PIO mode

[spitfire]

It doesnt really matter.
Getting a sata ODD will not give you more speed...because even with the fastest sata writer..PATA can still deliver more than twice the bandwidth needed. But yes...when we have 52x dvd writers available (if at all )in the market..then sata becomes the only viable option

In fact I would say go for sata..but not for speed...but for
1.less cable clutter due to thinner sata wires
2.No master slave channeling
3.Samsung Sata drives costs less than pata now...

[passion_unlimitedd]

The basic question is can i boot from sata dvd drive to install windows using bootable windows disks. because i heard from so many ppl tht sata drives are not capable of booting or gives problem while booting.

[Choto Cheeta]

because i heard from so many ppl tht sata drives are not capable of booting or gives problem while booting.

yes its a problem as one cant boot due to missing SATA driver under XP... but all BIOS now days allow u to emulate the SATA as IDE

anyway I prefer PATA as there are no speed increase in because of SATA and later on we can increase HDD many mobo comes with 4 SATA port, no meaning of blocking one port with a DVD RW drive

[passion_unlimitedd]

Originally Posted by Choto Cheeta

yes its a problem as one cant boot due to missing SATA driver under XP... but all BIOS now days allow u to emulate the SATA as IDE

anyway I prefer PATA as there are no speed increase in because of SATA and later on we can increase HDD many mobo comes with 4 SATA port, no meaning of blocking one port with a DVD RW drive

thanks. this clears all my doubts.

[axxo]

its not just PATA is old but every new mobo nowadys comes with single IDE connector.
So for upgraders its really a problem as they do sometimes have old IDE HDD so couple with that if you gonna buy a PATA writer you may end up with either slowing down the IDE channel or even run out of connecting slots.