silver_fox Posted April 5, 2006 Report Share Posted April 5, 2006 Hello,I currently have an IDE hard drive fitted. I am looking at getting another one for backup purposes.My motherboard (ASUS P5P800S) has two SATA slots. Can I use a SATA hard drive in conjunction with my existing IDE drive ?, or should I just get another IDE drive ?any help greatly appreciatedthanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-pops- Posted April 5, 2006 Report Share Posted April 5, 2006 I am disappointed with my experience of SATA drives, finding them difficult to set up and to use.Even though the boards I use may have SATA facilities, I still prefer to use IDE and if more than two pairs of IDE items are required, I install a PCI card to provide extra IDE connections.Having said that, yes it is possible to use both systems together.Others may well differ in their view - wait to get some other opinions :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trackrat Posted April 5, 2006 Report Share Posted April 5, 2006 I have an ASUS A8N-SLI board and the SATA drivers were pre-programmed into the motherboard, so no messing with floppies.As your motherboard is a socket 775, it is reasonably up to date, but if you have to add the SATA drivers, on W2000 you will need to find out how.I use SATA & IDE drives together and have had no problems. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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