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MagicSpin Installation Guide
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Enhanced IDE Interface
Enhanced IDE, also called EIDE, is the term that Western Digital uses to describe its advanced
drives that incorporate the performance improvements defined in ATA-2, along with several
other refined protocols. EIDE has become a widely accepted term in the industry. The Enhanced
IDE interface adds several important speed improvements as well as ATAPI support required to
use your CD-ROM drive. Below is a list of the important improvements that EIDE adds:
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ATA-2: EIDE includes all of the improvements that are part of ATA-2, including the
higher-speed transfer modes
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ATAPI: EIDE includes support for non-hard-disk devices on the IDE/ATA channel.
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Dual IDE/ATA Host Adapters: The EIDE standard includes support for dual IDE/ATA
host adapters, allowing four IDE/ATA/ATAPI devices to be used.