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roy   02-05-2005 at 11:24:53 PM

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I have two 120gb EIDE drives in my Dell 8200. I would like to either change out the
second drive for a 200gb SATA drive or add the SATA drive as a third harddrive
mounted in one of the empty bays.

I realize I will need the controller card for the SATA drive. My question is, is it
possible to continue using my EIDE drive(s) and have the SATA drive working together
in the PC.

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Anonymous   02-05-2005 at 11:24:54 PM
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"Roy" <qrm5qrt@whoopie.org> wrote in message
news:Fj7Nd.19566$2e7.13092@newssvr12.news.prodigy.com...
>I have two 120gb EIDE drives in my Dell 8200. I would like to either
>change out the second drive for a 200gb SATA drive or add the SATA drive as
>a third harddrive mounted in one of the empty bays.
>
> I realize I will need the controller card for the SATA drive. My question
> is, is it possible to continue using my EIDE drive(s) and have the SATA
> drive working together in the PC.
>
> --
> Roy

Sure

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Anonymous   02-05-2005 at 11:24:54 PM
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Roy <qrm5qrt@whoopie.org> wrote:
>I realize I will need the controller card for the SATA drive. My question is, is it
>possible to continue using my EIDE drive(s) and have the SATA drive working together
>in the PC.

Sure, you can have any mix of controllers and drive types in a
computer, though which drive is "first" in the boot sequence can get
complicated in some of the more extreme cases. You should be fine
with just adding a controller and cabling everything up.

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RH   02-06-2005 at 06:24:11 AM
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Shouldn't be a problem. I have 2 120 gig SATA drives hooked up in a
Raid array, and on the 4 E-IDE ports I have two other HD's and 2
Cd/DVD RW's. Just make sure that you get the boot sequence correct
when installing...

On Sat, 05 Feb 2005 17:24:53 GMT, Roy <qrm5qrt@whoopie.org> wrote:

>I have two 120gb EIDE drives in my Dell 8200. I would like to either change out the
>second drive for a 200gb SATA drive or add the SATA drive as a third harddrive
>mounted in one of the empty bays.
>
>I realize I will need the controller card for the SATA drive. My question is, is it
>possible to continue using my EIDE drive(s) and have the SATA drive working together
>in the PC.

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roy   02-06-2005 at 08:02:45 AM
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William P.N. Smith wrote:
> Roy <qrm5qrt@whoopie.org> wrote:
>
>>I realize I will need the controller card for the SATA drive. My question is, is it
>>possible to continue using my EIDE drive(s) and have the SATA drive working together
>>in the PC.
>
>
> Sure, you can have any mix of controllers and drive types in a
> computer, though which drive is "first" in the boot sequence can get
> complicated in some of the more extreme cases. You should be fine
> with just adding a controller and cabling everything up.
>
Thanks folks,
Roy

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