Need help with dvd drives

i have what the dell person said 'id cables'
is that the same as EIDE?
and what on earth is ATAPI?
and also what is sata?

u probably misheard him. he probably meant IDE cables. which is the same as eide. don't wory aobut atapi and sata. sata is the new type of interface that operates at 3gb per second as ide operates at 100-133mbps.

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