Mixing ATA 100 and 66

[Guest]

Simple question, I think. I have a new WD ATA 100 drive on a new XP system, and would like to use an "old" IBM ATA 66 drive as a backup. If I put the two drives on the same IDE channel, will the performance of the newer drive be affected when the other drive is idle?

 

[Spdy_Gonzales]

"...will the performance of the newer drive be affected when the other drive is idle?"

NO...it will only be affected when copying from one drive to the other.


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[Lars_Coleman]

The ide controllers have independent device timing, so it's able to run each drive at it's designated speed. The IDE controllers can only access one device at a time. So it will send a command and once it's resolved it can send another, from my understanding.

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