Will this harddrive be compatible with my current HDD?

**Formula1** · 06-07-2005, 11:45 PM

Im planning on getting a 200gb hdd soon (maybe next xmas or earlier if have the $$). I want want to know if my primary (master) hard drive ( http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...144-152&depa=0 ), will be able to work well with this hard drive (will be the secondary/slave hdd), http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16822144153 ....

A friend of mine told me that a a hard can only work with the hard drive of same size and same type, which sounds a bit false. I know that IDE can only work with IDE, and SATA can only work with SATA. please correct me if im wrong...

**tesco** · 06-07-2005, 11:55 PM

It will work with ANY drive.
The only time the size/specs have to be the same is if your doing a RAID config (you most likely are not).

**Formula1** · 06-08-2005, 01:50 AM

ok thanks, for the quick answer. I think i'll definetely get that 200gb or even a 250gb if i have the money

**tesco** · 06-08-2005, 02:01 AM

You know what.
sorry i didn't look at the link before, that hard drive is a SATA drive....not ide.
i'm not sure if your motherboard supports sata.

**Mïcrösöül°V³** · 06-08-2005, 02:05 AM

and also to clarify even further, I have a 80gb SATA as my primary (master) and 2 IDE drives as slaves. So they DO operate together. as a side note, my mobo has built in SATA.

(ASUS P4C800-E deluxe)