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Hard Drives
Posted: Mon Aug 28, 2006 11:42 am
by Razorbacx
Because I do not know...can you run an Ultra ATA/133 Hard Drive and a SATA Hard Drive within the same system? Found this deal on Fry's:
http://shop4.outpost.com/search?plusear ... mory:Spot3 and it's just too good to pass up. If I can't I could buy an external enclosure and run the Ultra ATA HD via USB or would that create conflicts?
Thanks,
Razorbacx
Posted: Mon Aug 28, 2006 11:44 am
by The Black Pumpkin
My dad's computer has a sata drive as a boot drive and a ata drive for data, both internal. They seem to work fine, although the mobo is having fits right now because of something.
Posted: Mon Aug 28, 2006 11:49 am
by Apoptosis
you can and I did some time ago when they first came out!
Posted: Mon Aug 28, 2006 12:28 pm
by kenc51
Causes no problems!
I've a mixture of SATA and IDE drives in one of my rigs
Posted: Mon Aug 28, 2006 12:54 pm
by Dragon_Cooler
yes you can. However the only thing IDE i have in my computer anymore is my dvd burner. When they come out with compatible sata dvd burners....no more ide
Posted: Mon Aug 28, 2006 1:55 pm
by bigblockmatt
yes you can. I used to have it that way. I did have some problems though setting it up correctly with which one is the master and which one is the slave. but got it all figured out and it worked fine with no problems.
Posted: Mon Aug 28, 2006 2:29 pm
by fenriswolfr
wow, too bad they don't have a 160 gb SATA HD at a good price. everything there I've seen has been wildly expensive for anything decent/up to date.
Posted: Mon Aug 28, 2006 2:42 pm
by bigblockmatt
if you keep an eye on slickdeals.com and dealcatcher.com they show deal on harddrives fairly regularly.
Posted: Mon Aug 28, 2006 3:56 pm
by fenriswolfr
Oo, I was mainly talking about from Fry's.. I can get the 160GB HD SATA for what, $65?
Posted: Mon Aug 28, 2006 4:03 pm
by bigblockmatt
ya, thats a pretty good deal.