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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/Product.asp?Item=22-144-152&depa=0 ), will be able to work well with this hard drive (will be the secondary/slave hdd), http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16822144153 ....

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 :D
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)
Virtualbody1234
06-08-2005, 03:17 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.
If it's this DFI Lanparty board (Click) (http://www.dfi.com.tw/Product/xx_product_spec_details_r_us.jsp?PRODUCT_ID=2840&CATEGORY_TYPE=MB&SITE=US) that is in his sig then yes it does support SATA:
* Supports four SATA