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SATA drives - What do i need to know?

  • 10-03-2008 10:21am
    #1
    Scram
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 683 ✭✭✭


    I have 3 IDE drives and ive been thinking about getting one of these SATA drives since there better and faster etc. However i hear bad things like getting them to install work etc with windows. Also the installation seems to be trickier compared to IDE drives when i look in the motherboard manual etc i see mentions of making a floppy disk etc.

    So what do i need to know? Is it easy to set up etc? ive put off getting a SATA drives for a few years because most forum posts i read are all about Xyz problem with them.

    Do i need to have my Floppy disk drive working to be able to install a SATA hard drive? as atm i havnt connected it heck im not sure it even works.


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  • #2
    yoyo
    Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 11,017 Mod ✭✭✭✭yoyo


    Scram wrote: »
    I have 3 IDE drives and ive been thinking about getting one of these SATA drives since there better and faster etc. However i hear bad things like getting them to install work etc with windows. Also the installation seems to be trickier compared to IDE drives when i look in the motherboard manual etc i see mentions of making a floppy disk etc.

    So what do i need to know? Is it easy to set up etc? ive put off getting a SATA drives for a few years because most forum posts i read are all about Xyz problem with them.

    Do i need to have my Floppy disk drive working to be able to install a SATA hard drive? as atm i havnt connected it heck im not sure it even works.
    You should be alright, in order for windows to install on one it may be neccesary to use a driver from floppy or in most cases you can change in the bios to make sata detect as legacy IDE for compatability, I've never had an issiue installing xp on 2 different motherboards on sata drives, if there is a issiue, look in bios for a legacy setting for sata, should be one ;)

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  • #3
    Lazarus2.0
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,772 ✭✭✭Lazarus2.0


    If you are installing a SATA drive as a secondary drive then you only need to save the SATA Controller drivers to any location on your PC (other than on a HD you are going to remove , of course) . you could just instal the drivers direct from the download location but it is probably wise to save them and back them up to a USB key or CD or whatever in case you plan to use a SATA as your primary drive in the future .
    Other than that SATA drives are a lot simpler to instal than IDE drives as there is no jumper configuration or cable location to worry about .

    N.B. Make sure your mobo has SATA onboard before you rush out and buy a drive !


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