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| Thread ID: 73220 | 2006-10-11 23:08:00 | Mixing IDE and SATA drives | Tom McB (832) | Press F1 |
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| 490797 | 2006-10-11 23:08:00 | Hi. Can you have a mix of IDE and SATA drives on the same machine? I currently have a 120GB IDE primary HDD; I am thinking of installing a 150GB SATA as primary and using the old IDE as a secondary drive. I was told by my local PC shop that I could loose data during writes to the IDE. W2K, P4, 1GB ram, PX865PE mobo many thanks Tom |
Tom McB (832) | ||
| 490798 | 2006-10-12 00:34:00 | Rubbish, Of course you can have both sorts of drives, thats why the motherboard has both sata and ide slots. | pctek (84) | ||
| 490799 | 2006-10-12 00:51:00 | OK, thanks for that. Was a bit sceptical myself but I can't recall people mentioning running both on the same board - often it's one or the other. Regards T |
Tom McB (832) | ||
| 490800 | 2006-10-12 01:15:00 | Rubbish, Of course you can have both sorts of drives, thats why the motherboard has both sata and ide slots. Totally agree, Y I am running 2 250g and off SATA II and running 2 80gig off my IDE and have had no issues what so ever. :thumbs: I wouldnt be seaking advice from that shop again. lol |
CaptinMoor (8392) | ||
| 490801 | 2006-10-12 01:57:00 | Just remember its a little harder to install XP onto a sATA drive due to drivers during installation, but its not all that bad :) | Chilling_Silence (9) | ||
| 490802 | 2006-10-12 03:23:00 | Just remember its a little harder to install XP onto a sATA drive due to drivers during installation, but its not all that bad :) Thanks, Chill. Actually, I intend to upgrade to XP SP2 at the same time. Thanks for the alert. Googling for pain killers... |
Tom McB (832) | ||
| 490803 | 2006-10-12 04:06:00 | Just remember its a little harder to install XP onto a sATA drive due to drivers during installation, but its not all that bad :) Nah, thats way out of date. It was on older boards without proper BIOS support for sata but now you don't need to fuss with any drivers, it just installs. |
pctek (84) | ||
| 490804 | 2006-10-12 04:11:00 | Hi. Can you have a mix of IDE and SATA drives on the same machine? I currently have a 120GB IDE primary HDD; I am thinking of installing a 150GB SATA as primary and using the old IDE as a secondary drive. I was told by my local PC shop that I could loose data during writes to the IDE. Hi, Its a good idea to leave the secondry drive disconnected when installing Windows so that it installs to the right one. Connect the other drive up later when everything is running good. |
~Mandy~ (11233) | ||
| 490805 | 2006-10-12 04:59:00 | Great responses team. Much appreciate it. T |
Tom McB (832) | ||
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