[SOLVED] Can SATA Drives be lsaves to IDE

genusone · 04-10-2008, 07:53 AM

I have just bought a new 500GB SATAII drive. I currently have an 80GB IDE drive as the master and a 160GB IDE drive as the slave. When i fitted my SATA drive i think it tried to boot of the SATA drive and wouldnt load windows xp. Ive looked at the BIOS settings but im not a whizz with this. Just wondering if there's any way for the SATA HD to be a slave to my IDE HD....

much appreciated

Tumbleweed36 · 04-10-2008, 08:18 AM

You don't need to worry about master and slave with the Sata drive. Master/slave setting are more to do with IDE drives.

All you have to do if you want to use the IDE drive as the Master drive with your OS on there is go to the Bios and enter the area called Boot area. Then, go down to the Hard Drive Priority area and set the drive you want to boot from as First in that list. In this case, that would be the IDE drive. NOw, the Sata should just be another drive on your system you can use.

I am not sure if that is what you are wanting or asking, so if that doesn't answer your question, please post back and we will take another look at the issue.

genusone · 04-10-2008, 10:17 AM

Worked a charm. I should have known that, im new to all this SATA business. Thanks for your help

Tumbleweed36 · 04-10-2008, 10:29 AM

Glad you got it up and going. Have a great day and don't be a stranger on here, otherwise stick around on the forum. YOu might just come accross something exactly like this and be able to help someone else with a problem. Enjoy your rig.

04-10-2008, 07:53 AM	#1 (permalink)
genusone Registered User Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 37 OS: xp proffesional, vista ultimate	[SOLVED] Can SATA Drives be lsaves to IDE I have just bought a new 500GB SATAII drive. I currently have an 80GB IDE drive as the master and a 160GB IDE drive as the slave. When i fitted my SATA drive i think it tried to boot of the SATA drive and wouldnt load windows xp. Ive looked at the BIOS settings but im not a whizz with this. Just wondering if there's any way for the SATA HD to be a slave to my IDE HD.... much appreciated

04-10-2008, 08:18 AM	#2 (permalink)
Tumbleweed36 Asst Manager Hardware Join Date: May 2005 Location: USA Posts: 18,035 OS: XP Professional	Re: Can SATA Drives be lsaves to IDE You don't need to worry about master and slave with the Sata drive. Master/slave setting are more to do with IDE drives. All you have to do if you want to use the IDE drive as the Master drive with your OS on there is go to the Bios and enter the area called Boot area. Then, go down to the Hard Drive Priority area and set the drive you want to boot from as First in that list. In this case, that would be the IDE drive. NOw, the Sata should just be another drive on your system you can use. I am not sure if that is what you are wanting or asking, so if that doesn't answer your question, please post back and we will take another look at the issue. __________________ ---------- I don't receive email notifications of replies to subscribed threads. (Internet provider policy) Therefore, if I don't respond to your post within 24 hours, please send me a reminder PM and include the link to your thread. Last edited by Tumbleweed36; 04-10-2008 at 08:20 AM.

04-10-2008, 10:17 AM	#3 (permalink)
genusone Registered User Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 37 OS: xp proffesional, vista ultimate	Re: Can SATA Drives be lsaves to IDE Worked a charm. I should have known that, im new to all this SATA business. Thanks for your help

04-10-2008, 10:29 AM	#4 (permalink)
Tumbleweed36 Asst Manager Hardware Join Date: May 2005 Location: USA Posts: 18,035 OS: XP Professional	Re: Can SATA Drives be lsaves to IDE Glad you got it up and going. Have a great day and don't be a stranger on here, otherwise stick around on the forum. YOu might just come accross something exactly like this and be able to help someone else with a problem. Enjoy your rig. __________________ ---------- I don't receive email notifications of replies to subscribed threads. (Internet provider policy) Therefore, if I don't respond to your post within 24 hours, please send me a reminder PM and include the link to your thread.