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Old 03-15-2009, 04:43 PM   #1
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IDE and SATA Hard Drives installed together
I have a Western Digital IDE 160GB HDD installed &I want add a MAxtor SATA 80GB HDD as well.Can I do this and if so how? The motherboard does have SATA connectors.
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WD 1600AAJB-00PVAO
Maxtor 6V080E0
Motherboard
SiS661

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Re: IDE and SATA Hard Drives installed together
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Should work ok . . be sure to set the BIOS to boot rom the IDE drive
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