Can I use SATA Hard Drive as my C drive instead IDE Hard Drive?

I'm planning to replace my IDE Hard Drive with SATA Hard Drive. I don't it will slow or make faster in reading my OS on my pc.

Can I use SATA Hard Drive as my C drive instead IDE Hard Drive?
It depends on if your motherboard can connect a sata drive. If so, yes.
Reply:Is your motherboard support the SATA Hard Disk ? If support then you can replace the IDE with SATA one. You can check by opening the CPU cabinet there you can see the data cable and power cable, just check whether the data and power cable can connect on your SATA One. SATA support small data cable of four pins only...
Reply:believe me sata is way faster than ide, it will make a big difference, get sata2 4 max performance.... BUTT.. how r u going to connect a sata hd to a motherboard that doesnt support it? make sure ur motherboard has a "sata slot" - not sure dats wat its called, if it does than yes, ur comp will run much faster, it will read and write better.
Reply:y not if u have sata on your motherboard
Reply:Yes you can, if you have SATA power and plugs on your power supply and motherboard.





Keep in mind that you'll be using a different hard drive to start up, meaning you'll have to reinstall your OS.





SATA transfers at about 150mb/s. SATA II about 300 mb/s, and IDE about 133mb/s according to Wikipedia.