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Using SATA and IDE drives

Jan 24, 2011 9:53PM PST

My system has 1 IDE port which is taken up by the boot hard drive and the DVD drive. I have a second hard drive which is also IDE but is connected to the 1st SATA port using a SATA->IDE converter.

So far, I have had no problems using this system, however recently, my much larger USB external hard drive failed. In looking for a replacement, I was wondering if there would be any problems if I were to use an internal SATA drive for storage as well as the other two drives. I can't think of any reason why it wouldn't work, but I thought I'd just check before spending the cash!

Cheers

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You got to be sure of a couple things;
Jan 25, 2011 1:59AM PST

Did the external harddrive itself is bad or is it the case is bad? Is this an ide or sata? Personally I probably would do it this way; harddrives are so inexpensive now, I would just go and buy another one (lot less problem).

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SATA is easy . . .
Jan 26, 2011 10:12AM PST

I've had a 400 Gig SATA drive connected to a SATA and power connector using 6" cables. The drive sat outside my PC. Soooo, it was internal drive on the outside. No USB needed.

SATA is easy.