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SATA RAID coexisting with IDE drives
stduc thanks for the additional information. That is extremely helpful. But please clarify... Am I connecting the RAID array to the SATA ports on my motherboard (is this what you mean by a RAID controller?). So I will have the new disks plugged into the SATA ports, and one IDE ribbon cable...- jsiegendorf
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- Forum: PC hardware - Hard drive issues
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SATA RAID coexisting with IDE drives
That answered my questions. Thank you. However, I forgot to mention something that may change things (or may not). My old HDD has an OS, but the two WD for the RAID array do not. I want to install Win XP freshly on the RAID array. Given this, is it a problem to have the HDD as a master on the...- jsiegendorf
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- Forum: PC hardware - Hard drive issues
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SATA RAID coexisting with IDE drives
I am building a computer for the first time. I have 2 brand new Western Digital SATAs that I want to configure as RAID 0. I have my old hard drive that I want to put as an IDE drive. I also have a CD drive. 1. With 2 IDE channels, what is the best configuration? 2. In a few months I will have...- jsiegendorf
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