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Hard drive and Sata
Name: djbart26 Date: September 29, 2004 at 20:38:48 Pacific OS: Win Me CPU/Ram: AMD +2400 (2.0) GHz/768 M
Comment:
I currently have a 40gig hd (IBM Deskstar 7200rpm ATA/100) and plan on getting a 80gig hd SATA, does this matter when I install new hd. I plan that the new hd will be a slave. Is there any special things I need to do. I want to keep everything on my old hd intact. For right now I do not know what brand of hd I will be getting. Any help would be great. Thanks
Name: OtheHill Date: September 29, 2004 at 20:47:04 Pacific
Reply:
Your motherboard needs to support SATA drives or you will need an add in controller. There will be no advantage to the SATA drive as a slave. SATA drives run slightly faster than ATA but that doesn't matter for your use. I suggest you buy a regular ATA drive and save a little cash.
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Response Number 2
Name: zorki1c Date: September 30, 2004 at 06:51:52 Pacific
Reply:
OtheHill is correct. SATA is at it's best as a system drive. You can save some money by putting in a second IDE drive.
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Response Number 3
Name: djbart26 Date: September 30, 2004 at 19:29:55 Pacific
Reply:
Thanks for the info. So if I get a ATA is there anything else I should do after I format the drive.
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