[resolved] SATA A little guidance please

Chesters · 08-13-2005, 05:24 AM

I have just successfully installed a Maxtor 200Gb SATA drive and configured it
as my primary boot drive. my question is how should the jumper be set on my old IDE drive so that I can use it simply as additional storage?

**manic** · 08-13-2005, 05:38 AM

Set it to master on one of the ide cables. Dont put it on same cable as a
cdrom drive. If you have 2 hdds on the same cable master/slave.

Stu_computer · 08-13-2005, 05:59 AM

You leave the jumpers as is, you change the bios settings to start the SATA as the boot drive.

Then when in windows, you just reformat the IDE drive.

Chesters · 08-13-2005, 07:10 AM

Many thanks to Manic and Stu_Computer everything is fine!!

08-13-2005, 05:24 AM	#1 (permalink)
Chesters Registered User Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Lincoln UK Posts: 52 OS: XP Pro SP3	SATA A little guidance please I have just successfully installed a Maxtor 200Gb SATA drive and configured it as my primary boot drive. my question is how should the jumper be set on my old IDE drive so that I can use it simply as additional storage?

08-13-2005, 05:59 AM	#3 (permalink)
Stu_computer Tech Hardware Team Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 1,460 OS: Windows	You leave the jumpers as is, you change the bios settings to start the SATA as the boot drive. Then when in windows, you just reformat the IDE drive. __________________

08-13-2005, 05:38 AM	#2 (permalink)
manic Mod Hardware Team Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Florida Posts: 5,244 OS: xp	Set it to master on one of the ide cables. Dont put it on same cable as a cdrom drive. If you have 2 hdds on the same cable master/slave.

08-13-2005, 07:10 AM	#4 (permalink)
Chesters Registered User Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Lincoln UK Posts: 52 OS: XP Pro SP3	Many thanks to Manic and Stu_Computer everything is fine!!