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Old 10-01-2005, 05:10 AM   #1 (permalink)
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SATA and IDE at the same time?

I am thinking of going to a SATA drive. I am running an ASUS A7N8X-E Deluxe main board. It is already SATA ready. My question is, can I install the new SATA drive and still use my IDE drive(s) as extra storage?

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Old 10-01-2005, 05:32 AM   #2 (permalink)
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Hi,

The answer to your question is YES, you can do that with no problems.
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