If I connect a SATA drive to my PC will I still be able to access the IDE drives as usual?
Thinking of upgrading to a SATA before my other drive burns up.
Thinking of upgrading to a SATA before my other drive burns up.
SATA and IDE
Miscellaneous Forums/General Discussion/SATA and IDE if your motherboard has a controller built in for SATA or you have a controller card then you should be able to use both SATA and IDE
Yes you can. your cd or dvd is on an ide cable. Your drive
order may change. I've noticed on mine my ide comes before
sata which is reasonable since you have to have drivers
loaded to read the sata. you have to load the drivers if
you want to install the os on the sata. there are a few
sata drivers that come with xp.
order may change. I've noticed on mine my ide comes before
sata which is reasonable since you have to have drivers
loaded to read the sata. you have to load the drivers if
you want to install the os on the sata. there are a few
sata drivers that come with xp.
Think I might save myself alot of hassle and buy one of these ^^
http://www.meshcomputers.com/Default.aspx?PAGE=PRODUCTVIEWPAGE&USG=PRODUCT&ENT=PRODUCT&KEY=100165
Do I get the 64bit OS or not though?
http://www.meshcomputers.com/Default.aspx?PAGE=PRODUCTVIEWPAGE&USG=PRODUCT&ENT=PRODUCT&KEY=100165
Do I get the 64bit OS or not though?
I would avoid Mesh Computers like the Plague. Do a search on google for reviews about Mesh and you will see what I mean.
There's a better place to buy a new computer and all the reviews I've read about them were good, unlike MEsh.
http://www.vantagecomputers.co.uk
You can custom build a PC to your Spec without the worries of conflicts with hardware because when you pick a system to configure only the options that work with that Spec will show.
Hope that helps. :)
There's a better place to buy a new computer and all the reviews I've read about them were good, unlike MEsh.
http://www.vantagecomputers.co.uk
You can custom build a PC to your Spec without the worries of conflicts with hardware because when you pick a system to configure only the options that work with that Spec will show.
Hope that helps. :)
Oh dear, looks like MESH have really gone downhill, thanks for the heads up ^^
heh, MESH used to be a good value/quality make. My old 6 year old mesh is still going strong, and I'm overclocking it.
...I've noticed on mine my ide comes before
sata which is reasonable since you have to have drivers
loaded to read the sata. you have to load the drivers if
you want to install the os on the sata.
sata which is reasonable since you have to have drivers
loaded to read the sata. you have to load the drivers if
you want to install the os on the sata.
This is simply not true. Drivers are usually needed only if one plans to use RAID functionality, which usually comes with SATA controllers. As far as OS is concerned, SATA drive will look just like an ordinary IDE drive and one will be able to install OS without any special drivers. I am writing this on a system with 3 SATA and 2 IDE drives. One SATA drive boots with Windows XP, one SATA drive boots with Windows Vista and the last SATA drive boots Linux. No special drivers are used.
Barney
This is simply not true. Drivers are usually needed only if one plans to use RAID functionality, which usually comes with SATA controllers. As far as OS is concerned, SATA drive will look just like an ordinary IDE drive and one will be able to install OS without any special drivers. I am writing this on a system with 3 SATA and 2 IDE drives. One SATA drive boots with Windows XP, one SATA drive boots with Windows Vista and the last SATA drive boots Linux. No special drivers are used.
Perhaps with some controllers, but there's plenty of them where you most definitely need drivers before windows will be able to do anything (like boot from or install on) with them.