my old ata hdd is 40gb hdd which is almost full now..i have windows xp home sp2 installed in it...today iam gonna get my 160gb hdd sata one...so i thought i will install my xp to it...as it has more speed and space..what would be the best partitioning that i can have for my new hard disk to get best speed...plz give ur ideas...my system features a dual core processor,512mb ram....and now hdd is gonna be 40+160gb..
2007-08-08 16:12:58 · 7 answers · asked by me_who2006 3 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Other - Hardware
It can be done and having an ata won't slow down the sata as another suggested. The sata will obviously be your master drive. Your pc will only access your master drive when starting up or running. The ide wll be like a slave that will only be accessed when you want to view files on it. It acts like an optical drive which will be dormant til you access it so it will in no way impede the way your sata is running.
You could also opt to get a kit allowing you to hook up external hard drives through usb connection. They are pretty cheap and very easy to use.
2007-08-08 16:31:32 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
for sata you need you a special card to be installed on your computer if you didn't already have. If your computer had ata, drive, more than likely your computer doesn't have the sata card.
If I were you, I would return the sata hard drive and get a ata internal drive. You could get a 160gb ata 7200 rpm for less than $50.00 of newegg.com
Alternatively, if your computer has a usb port, get an external usb drive for a few dollars more. This way you would not have to open your system and mess with it.
2007-08-08 16:20:02 · answer #2 · answered by Maulik 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A SATA rigidity might desire to have a significant develop speed over an IDE rigidity while circulate of extensive quantities of archives. eSATA might desire to have a great progression in speed over USB 2.0 and FireWire. eSATA is yet another form of warm-Swappable connection like USB and Firewire. It purely works with SATA drives, it would not artwork in case you set a IDE rigidity in an enclosure and connect using eSATA.
2016-11-11 19:50:34 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Definitely YES if you motherboard supports it. 2 partitions would be just right. Just check with BIOS to be sure that SATA is enabled. Some motherboards have that feature where you can enable or disable SATA.
2007-08-16 13:45:11 · answer #4 · answered by Karz 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
since your having a mother board that runs a dual core processor you probably have the SATA port. yes you can have them both.
2007-08-14 22:20:40 · answer #5 · answered by jayz 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the answer is yes, you can have both, buy the older 40 will just slow down the preformance, as seek times on it are greater, best bet would be to copy data from it and ditch it!
2007-08-08 16:19:23 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
if the motherboard supports both yes, you may have to bios to compatibility mode
2007-08-08 16:16:14 · answer #7 · answered by Billy James 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋