SATA HardDrive

im gonna install a new HD because my 88 gb one isnt cutting it....
soo please look at the attached picture and tell me if it is the correct port??
and my current 88 gb is ATA...can i install an SATA HD??
and how would it like work??
.....idk....

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Permalink Reply by Greg De Santis on October 27, 2008 at 4:32pm: Yes that is your SATA1, but that is the second SATA port, you would want to plug into the top port for your first hard drive, which is labeled SATA0 = the first SATA port. Basically SATA0 = port #1, and SATA1 = port #2, so plug into the top port SATA0 - the one above the one you circled in your picture.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Ghost23 on October 27, 2008 at 4:46pm: I agree with Greg De Santis. On the motherboard you can see that the arrow points to SATA connector.
I think that you can upgrade your computer with the new HD.
To use the new HD, you need to format it as NTFS.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Erick on October 27, 2008 at 5:06pm: oook...thnx!!
what do i do then?
do i have to copy everything to the new drive...or would they like work together?

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Permalink Reply by John Benedict on October 27, 2008 at 5:19pm: they sure will work together.. but it depends which harddisk will you choose to boot. with this case if you want the old one to boot.. just put the new SATA HD in port#2 (reply by Greg De Santis) and it will be just another drive. but if you choose to boot the new one, you have to put the OS there.. hope this doesn't confuse you ^^,; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Greg De Santis on October 27, 2008 at 5:41pm: If you just plug the SATA hard drive with your current PATA (ATA / IDE) hard drive, your computer (XP / Vista) will recognize it as additional storage. The SATA would not be a boot drive. The SATA drive would be the faster of the two drives. And of course, you will have to format the SATA drive in NTFS format mentioned above. Be careful you don't use the big 4 pin power cable with an SATA drive, only use the SATA cable because it has built in power. If you use both power cables together on an SATA drive you will short out and burn / break the drive beyond repair.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Mad Max on October 27, 2008 at 5:19pm: Make sure you have the correct drivers before formatting with Windows, unless it's Vista in which case it should work fine. You should find them on the CD that came with your motherboard. If you don't have it then look on the website of whoever makes your board and see if you can find them. Most boards come with a nice util to create a boot disc with them on that you'll require if you can't add them to the Windows installer. XP doesn't come with native SATA support so you'll either have to make a streamlined CD with them on or have it on a floppy disc and put it in when you get to the "Set up Raid" bit of the install.

Both drives should work fine together, just be sure to set the SATA drive as the slave in your BIOS. It doesn't strictly matter which SATA port you connect it to as SATA is software controled as opposed to hardware with IDE where you have to set jumpers and have it on the correct pins on the IDE cable, but putting it in the 0 slot would make most sense.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by cam the computer man on October 28, 2008 at 3:36am: yes but that was sata 2 you should put in sata 1; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Enousc on October 28, 2008 at 8:49am: Yes, it even says SATA underneath it.. Jesus man.
But put it in the first SATA port.; ▶ Reply to This