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Hard Drive Interfaces
Before you add or replace a hard disk drive, you should consider the characteristics of each major hard disk interface. The following tutorials discuss the major hard disk interfaces used by desktop and portable computers. The final tutorial in the series helps you determine the best hard disk drive to install, based on your requirements.

  Tutorials
  Hard Drives: ATA/IDE
  Hard Drives: Serial ATA (SATA)
  Hard Drives: USB
  Hard Drives: FireWire (IEEE-1394a)
  Hard Drives: Choosing the Right Hard Disk