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Jon B. - Nov 27, 2006 12:18:51 pm PST #9625 of 10003

A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!

Does anyone have any experience mixing ATA and SATA hard drives in the same machine? My motherboard has connectors for both, but so far I've only installed ATA drives. I'm in the market for a new drive, and I'm considering adding a SATA.

ATA is the same as IDE, right? I've had no problems connecting both to the same machine. It's no different from connecting another IDE drive. Just make sure your BIOS has SATA enabled. On some motherboards, it defaults to "disabled".

esse - Nov 27, 2006 1:07:52 pm PST #9626 of 10003

S to the A -- using they/them pronouns!

Does anyone have any experience mixing ATA and SATA hard drives in the same machine? My motherboard has connectors for both, but so far I've only installed ATA drives. I'm in the market for a new drive, and I'm considering adding a SATA.

I installed a secondary SATA to the Dell box where I used to work. No problems at all--it ran better than the ata.

What's the google sync thingie? I've been using Foxmarks.

NoiseDesign - Nov 27, 2006 1:08:27 pm PST #9627 of 10003

Our wings are not tired

I have a few machines with both ATA and SATA drives and I've had no problems.

tommyrot - Nov 27, 2006 1:24:51 pm PST #9628 of 10003

Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.

What's the google sync thingie? I've been using Foxmarks.

Google browser sync

Google Browser Sync also can sync cookies, history and saved passwords in addition to bookmarks.

DXMachina - Nov 27, 2006 2:24:52 pm PST #9629 of 10003

You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.

ATA is the same as IDE, right? I've had no problems connecting both to the same machine.

Cool beans! Time to order my 500 GB precious.

Jon B. - Nov 27, 2006 5:53:17 pm PST #9630 of 10003

A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!

No problems at all--it ran better than the ata.

Yeah, that too. The formatting takes a fraction of the time an IDE drive takes to format.

Sean K - Nov 27, 2006 7:54:31 pm PST #9631 of 10003

You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty

I have a dual-boot machine. I feel like I just earned a nerd merit badge.

beth b - Nov 27, 2006 8:02:14 pm PST #9632 of 10003

oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!

damnit. TIVO behaved flawlessly while I home. and now is not recording as it should

Gudanov - Nov 28, 2006 5:23:27 am PST #9633 of 10003

Coding and Sleeping

I have a dual-boot machine. I feel like I just earned a nerd merit badge.

Is one of those Linux or FreeBSD? I think you need one of those for the merit badge.

I have two computers with mixed ATA and SATA and they both work just fine. No problems at all.

amych - Nov 28, 2006 6:00:20 am PST #9634 of 10003

Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?

I want to know if there's a merit badge for converting your dual-boot to Linux (or FreeBSD) only.

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