c: d: e: f: what drive letter a serial ata drive will get?

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Question:

I have
P4P800 Asus motherboard
2 drives X 2 partitions

If I add a serial ata drive what drive letter the SATA will get?

Thanx
 
tednat said:
Question:

I have
P4P800 Asus motherboard
2 drives X 2 partitions

If I add a serial ata drive what drive letter the SATA will get?
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It can have anyone you want it to have (as long as it is not used by another
drive).
Just assign it a drive letter in the Disk Management section of the Computer
Management admin tool.

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Question:

I have
P4P800 Asus motherboard
2 drives X 2 partitions

If I add a serial ata drive what drive letter the SATA will get?

Thanx
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It shouldn't be "C:", if that is what you are worrying about.
Actually, it depends on:
1) Whether you have a Zip drive installed and connected when you
install the Serial ATA drive -- If such is the case, there is a good
chance that the new drive will take over the C: drive letter, so make
sure no Zip drives are physically connected when you install the
Serial ATA drive.
2) How many CD/DVD drives you have installed

For all intents and purposes, a Serial ATA drive will appear as a
normal IDE drive, and will be added to Windows as a normal IDE drive
would be added. This is the way mine appears on my P4P800 Asus
motherboard. I have a single hard drive, so my SATA drive appears as
a normal IDE drive, with the drive designation "C:"

If you are dissatisfied with the drive designation Windows gives the
SATA drive, you can change it yourself from within Windows Disk
Management.


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