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  1. 04-29-2009, 09:17 AM #1
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    SATA and IDE Hard Drives

    I know this sounds obvious to some of you, but can you have an IDE and SATA hard drive in the same computer? If so, which one would you boot from?
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  2. 04-29-2009, 09:26 AM #2
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    Yes, you can. If both connections are on the MB, there should be an option within BIOS to specify which is the boot device.
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  3. 04-29-2009, 10:02 AM #3
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    I would boot from the SATA since I have a WD VelociRaptor 300GB hard drive.
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  4. 04-29-2009, 10:03 AM #4
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    I second the thought of booting from the SATA.
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  5. 04-29-2009, 10:45 AM #5
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    The SATA drive probably will have a faster response time, so I'd pick that one to boot from.


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  6. 04-29-2009, 11:11 AM #6
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    I used both. It can be a hassle in the bios if you have a crappy version. Mine seemed to always want to set the IDE drive as the first book device. If your motherboard doesn't care go with the SATA
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