Sata and IDE

Majormaggot · 29th Jan 2006, 08:09 AM

ok so i have a WD 120 GB IDE hard drive and its getting low on space, i deleted all the stuff i don't need but still its just not enuff space for what i want to do (ie. gaming, music, movies, yadayada). so im looking at getting a new HD. I think that Sata 200 or 250 GB would be best since its faster and i won't lose transfer speed as opposed to having two IDE drives on the same channel. My question is, should i reformat and install widows on the new sata drive and use the IDE to mostly store music, games, and movie on, or just install the new drive as is and transfer my files on to it, and use the IDE for windows (not a huge fan on doing a reformat)

thanks for any help,

-Major

aKho · 29th Jan 2006, 09:24 AM

if it was me, i'll do with the SATA as my main HDD, the burst of speed will be a welcome change. yep, that means a reformat. the IDE can be used as my backup then...

what's 1 1/2 hour of labour compared to having a new SATA for your main dish...

kayFX · 29th Jan 2006, 04:57 PM

imo it would be best to use SATA as your main hdd..

luqman · 30th Jan 2006, 01:24 AM

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Originally Posted by Majormaggot

ok so i have a WD 120 GB IDE hard drive and its getting low on space, i deleted all the stuff i don't need but still its just not enuff space for what i want to do (ie. gaming, music, movies, yadayada). so im looking at getting a new HD. I think that Sata 200 or 250 GB would be best since its faster and i won't lose transfer speed as opposed to having two IDE drives on the same channel. My question is, should i reformat and install widows on the new sata drive and use the IDE to mostly store music, games, and movie on, or just install the new drive as is and transfer my files on to it, and use the IDE for windows (not a huge fan on doing a reformat)

thanks for any help,

-Major

u can use the sata for main HDD but the other for digital so what u need to do is set the first one (sata) as master and the IDE as slave and what u need to do is clean and reformat the IDE so that when ever ur computer boots u won't have the option of mulitpartion and then just store data to ur IDE and others on the SATA

hope it was helpfull

kayFX · 30th Jan 2006, 12:33 PM

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Originally Posted by luqman

u can use the sata for main HDD but the other for digital so what u need to do is set the first one (sata) as master and the IDE as slave and what u need to do is clean and reformat the IDE so that when ever ur computer boots u won't have the option of mulitpartion and then just store data to ur IDE and others on the SATA

hope it was helpfull

FYI SATA doesn't have master or slave.. it has it own dedicated channel.. you must set it through BIOS that the SATA disk must boot first for it to be the main..

Olle P · 30th Jan 2006, 05:11 PM

I plan to do something like that later this year, with the differences that I'll
- buy two SATA2 disks and run them in RAID, and
- use my old HDD for backup only.

Cheers
Olle

luqman · 30th Jan 2006, 08:08 PM

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Originally Posted by kayFX

FYI SATA doesn't have master or slave.. it has it own dedicated channel.. you must set it through BIOS that the SATA disk must boot first for it to be the main..

oh i see i forgot that it was SCSI

my falut

Chai · 30th Jan 2006, 10:12 PM

Er...SATA is not SCSI.

aKho · 30th Jan 2006, 11:06 PM

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Originally Posted by luqman

oh i see i forgot that it was SCSI

my falut

luqman · 31st Jan 2006, 12:20 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Chai

Er...SATA is not SCSI.

wired i heard of it using Raids so i thought it was SCSI! but really confusing

29th Jan 2006, 08:09 AM	#1 (permalink)
Majormaggot Getting there Join Date: 5 Sep 2005 Posts: 164 Reputation: 59 Rep Power: 4	Sata and IDE ok so i have a WD 120 GB IDE hard drive and its getting low on space, i deleted all the stuff i don't need but still its just not enuff space for what i want to do (ie. gaming, music, movies, yadayada). so im looking at getting a new HD. I think that Sata 200 or 250 GB would be best since its faster and i won't lose transfer speed as opposed to having two IDE drives on the same channel. My question is, should i reformat and install widows on the new sata drive and use the IDE to mostly store music, games, and movie on, or just install the new drive as is and transfer my files on to it, and use the IDE for windows (not a huge fan on doing a reformat) thanks for any help, -Major __________________ Intel Pentium Dual Core E2160 @ 3.1 GHz 1.475 Vcore, Asus P5W DH Deluxe, 2GB Corsair XMS twin X 2, enermax galaxy 850w, Sound blaster X-FI Xtream Music, XFX 8800GT 512 MB, 2x 400GB Seagate HDD in Raid 0, 1x 250 GB WD HDD, 1x 120 GB WD HDD, A mighty Zalman 9500 cooler crying for help. and ArcticSliver 5, DVD drives n shizzle.

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30th Jan 2006, 05:11 PM	#6 (permalink)
Olle P Active Join Date: 12 Jan 2005 Location: Sweden Posts: 815 Reputation: 315 Rep Power: 7	I plan to do something like that later this year, with the differences that I'll - buy two SATA2 disks and run them in RAID, and - use my old HDD for backup only. Cheers Olle __________________ If you're not living on the edge you take up too much space... Asus A8E-N, Athlon64 X2 4600+, 1024MB Kingston value, XFX GF7800GT, Seagate 160GB/8MB

30th Jan 2006, 10:12 PM	#8 (permalink)
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