I was wondering if its possible/safe to have 4 internal hard drives, 2 SATA and 2 IDE in one PC.
2007-03-19 14:03:57 · 3 answers · asked by siavash_4001 2 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Other - Hardware
I have 1 SATA, which is my master and has a small partition at the begining for the OS and 2 IDE drives that are set to slave. There is no problem with mixing the 2 standards. I used to have one of the IDE drives as master, but I reinstalled windows when I built my new comp.
2007-03-19 14:15:40 · answer #1 · answered by super_deformed_girl 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No difficulty. you are able to both: A. Hook onepersistent as a lot as IDE1 and the different to IDE2. B. in case you want to hook 2 drives as a lot as a similar IDE channel, you are able to could set onepersistent to entice close and the different to slave. this may be executed with assistance from transferring a jumper at thepersistent, frequently on the again the position the flexibility and IDE connector is. there is frequently a diagram on the label that tells you what jumpers are which.
2016-11-26 23:34:53 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes it works. the HDD's need to be set to slave other than the master which should be a sata drive. also, it is best to raid the drives together.
2007-03-19 14:10:21 · answer #3 · answered by gas_indycar 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋