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scoot0073   02-14-2008 at 05:20:17 PM

i have a SOYO kt 880 dragon2 mobo. i got a 80 gig hdd ide as my primary. but i got 2 Satas 250 gig hhds . i want to add them to my comp for storage . how do i configure tha bios to get windows to reconize them?

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sturm   02-14-2008 at 05:34:49 PM
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Install the hard drives.
Go into the bios and maker sure the SATA connections are turned on.
Boot to windows and goto disk management. From there you can initilize the drives and format them.

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valis   02-14-2008 at 06:12:50 PM
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tehhardpro FTW!!!

dont configure the bios
plug them in, turn on puter.

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MrCommunistGen   02-14-2008 at 07:40:34 PM
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You shouldn't need to configure anything in BIOS other than to make sure that SATA is enabled. Also, with SATA you don't have to deal with master/slave like you did with PATA. One note: some older SATA 1 motherboards have trouble with SATA II drives... but I'm not well versed in the specifics. In most cases though all you need to do is plug them in, format them, and you should be ready to go.

-mcg

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scoot0073   02-15-2008 at 04:48:21 AM
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k thanks ill try that now. tha SATA HHD still has a os on it will it conflict with my IDE HHD thats my primary drive when it boots?

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Crazywheels   02-15-2008 at 04:56:06 AM
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no it shouldn't conflict, as long as the drive you want to boot from is the the first boot device. but I would format the newly installed drives

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scoot0073   02-15-2008 at 05:47:20 AM
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Crazywheels wrote :

no it shouldn't conflict, as long as the drive you want to boot from is the the first boot device. but I would format the newly installed drives


ok, yea im going to reformate it soon as its installed :)

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skittle   02-15-2008 at 06:05:25 AM
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yeah, just remember to boot from the 80gig ide drive, and you should be all set.

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scoot0073   02-15-2008 at 10:12:46 PM
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well in tha bios i enabled tha SATA and restarted and windows loads and i went to disk management and nope its not there. does it matter which SATA port that i use theres like 4 of them.

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