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IDE/Sata boot priority

highlydebased · 2008-01-14 20:45:55

Just wondering. Do SATA hard drives have boot priority by default over IDE one's? All the SATA ports are taken up on my motherboard. I wish to add a hardrive solely for Operating system. the IDE is not used at all, therefore if install XP onto the IDE drive should it work and boot when vista is removed from the SATA…

14-01-2008 9:45pm

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Just wondering. Do SATA hard drives have boot priority by default over IDE one's?

All the SATA ports are taken up on my motherboard. I wish to add a hardrive solely for Operating system. the IDE is not used at all, therefore if install XP onto the IDE drive should it work and boot when vista is removed from the SATA hardrive?

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#2 14-01-2008 10:16pm

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I installed windows on c:drive ide.then rebooted and installed d sata.I PRESUME you can use ,bios,options to set priority.IF you want,pc looks for windows boot os anyway,its not gonna boot from d ,since it has no os,just data,documents etc.Unless you install a boot,os on d.I think sata boot mode is just set in the bios.Since SATA has nojumpers,for master,slave.

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#3 14-01-2008 10:19pm

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Boot priority is set in the BIOS. So Yes the configuration you require will work.

Cal.

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#4 14-01-2008 11:01pm

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Super. Saves me having to buy a new motherboard just for another SATA port then lol!

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