Adding ide hard drive to a sata setup?

[vinny993]

Hi, I was wondering if anyone could help me , I bought my friend an ide hd but he already got one so now i want to put it into my machine but i have a sata drive and i've heard that there can be problems when mixing the two, can anyone advise me on how to do this??

My specs are:
AMD 3000+
EPoX K8M 800 DDR:8HMMI-A series motherboard
Phonix 6.0 PG bios
Windows xp pro
Samsung SP250 sata hd

 

[Chris 96 WS6]

I have both, its not a problem as long as you set CMOS to boot to the right one, etc.

I've had zero issues with mine.

 

[rmdl51]

Hello! same for me, I've connected 2 IDE and 2 SATA on the same computer with no problems at all, but like Chris said make sure you select the appropiate setting on the BIOS, Good Luck!

 

[vinny993]

thanks for that, i just have it plugged in but it's not been recognised, i'm not to hot with the BIOS settings,any ideas??

 

[vinny993]

hi again, it's now been detected in the bios and i got the new hardware detected pop up on the desktop but I cant see it in my computer!, is there something I need to do?????
COULD SOMEONE HELP?

 

[vinny993]

its also detected in the device manager with no errors

 

[mailpup]

You still have to format the brand new drive.

 

[vinny993]

can i do this from inside windows or do i have to use the xp cd? thanks by the way

 

[mailpup]

You can do this from inside Windows without the CD since this is an additional drive. Right click on My Computer, select Manage. Open Computer Management and select Disk Management.

 

[kirock]

Don't forget to use NTFS not FAT32.

 

[rmdl51]

I like to use a Software like Partition Magic: http://www.softpedia.com/get/System/Hard-Disk-Utils/Partition-Magic.shtml

or you can use the utility disk that came with the HDD when you get it brand new, WD has a very good and friendly software to prepare the disk even from windows. Good Luck!

 

[Samstoned]

can use any disk manager soft
can go to (right click)my computer,manage,disk manage
format
I use acronis or paragon I started with these awhile back and found no need to move
I have not used WD's stuff I use for basic seagate disc wizard
it will also do all other hdd's

 

[vinny993]

Thanks for all your help guys, it's running fine. Cheers