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Thread ID: 88094 2008-03-15 04:43:00 IDE & Sata gary67 (56) Press F1
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649601 2008-03-15 04:43:00 Hi
a friend just asked me if there will be any conflicts when resurrecting his older computer, is planning on putting in new mother board with one IDE slot and wants to use old IDE hardrive and a new Sata one. I know Sata ones don't need jumpering for S & M but would the IDE one need to be set as slave for this setup to work?
gary67 (56)
649602 2008-03-15 04:51:00 No, IDE and SATA ports are completely separately configured.

You can install 2 drives on the IDE port (one Master, one Slave as usual) - Although in his case, you'd want the single drive in Master for best performance.

And 1 drive on each SATA port as usual

Although, if he's expecting to boot an old windows installation on a new motherboard, be prepared for problems... You may need to run a repair reinstall of windows or reinstall windows completely as the drivers will likely all be completely wrong
Agent_24 (57)
649603 2008-03-15 05:19:00 Thanks no he will be doing a complete new install so won't be a problem. gary67 (56)
649604 2008-03-15 06:31:00 The IDE drives will be first in boot order by default, if your planning on installing the OS on the SATA while also running the IDE's then change the boot order in bios. Bantu (52)
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