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IDE Hard drive in SATA PC?

  • 18-05-2005 9:10pm
    #1
    Zascar
    Moderators, Motoring & Transport Moderators, Music Moderators Posts: 12,781 Mod ✭✭✭✭


    I'm soon to but a new PC which has a SATA hard drive, but I want to add my existing 120gb IDE hard drive as a 2nd drive. I don't know much about SATA, can I use the 2 drives in a pc at the same time? Do you have to get some sort of adaptor or can I only use an external cradle?

    cheers


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  • #2
    mp3guy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,977 ✭✭✭mp3guy


    Once the motherboard has a IDE connector, which it should, they will work fine.


  • #3
    formatman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 794 ✭✭✭formatman


    once you set the bios boot order , should work fine , pending jumper cables being correct


  • #4
    Zascar
    Moderators, Motoring & Transport Moderators, Music Moderators Posts: 12,781 Mod ✭✭✭✭Zascar


    The Computer will be a Dell Dimension 5000. I though SATA had different connectors? How does it work exactly?

    Thanks


  • #5
    mp3guy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,977 ✭✭✭mp3guy


    the motherboard should have different connectors on it, one for IDE cables and one for SATA. Sorry, this pic has a cable going into the IDE socket.
    1116445333_ide.jpg


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