SATA newbie question

[Ken123]

Hi...

I just installed a SATA drive, using a PCI controller card. I cloned my
original drive to it, and the SATA drive works fine.

I wanted to continue using a slave IDE drive which I have been using for
backups, and I have read that you can mix IDE drives and SATA drives.

But when I try I get an error on boot-up, something like "error loading OS".
I've got the IDE drive connected to the primary connector, and tried it set
as both master and slave - same results. If I remove the connectors from the
IDE drive, the pc boots normally.

Using XP Pro.

Can someone tell me what configuration I should be using?

Thanks.

 

[isaac4all]

Hi...

I just installed a SATA drive, using a PCI controller card. I cloned my
original drive to it, and the SATA drive works fine.

I wanted to continue using a slave IDE drive which I have been using for
backups, and I have read that you can mix IDE drives and SATA drives.

But when I try I get an error on boot-up, something like "error loading OS".
I've got the IDE drive connected to the primary connector, and tried it set
as both master and slave - same results. If I remove the connectors from the
IDE drive, the pc boots normally.

Using XP Pro.

Can someone tell me what configuration I should be using?

Thanks.

 

[isaac4all]

yes . when do so you have to make the Ide hard disk master as whill as
the SATA. Then you can now go to the setup and set The SATA the as
first boot drive.
That is all.

Isaac okoye
Information Rules the World
http://www.finditall100free.ds4a.com

 

[Ken123]

Thanks for the suggestion.

I had previously gone into the bios but could not find SATA as a boot
option. But after your post and taking a second look I remembered reading
that older motherboards identify a SATA drive as an SCSI drive. When I set
SCSI as the boot drive, it worked.

However I have another pesky issue to ask advice on: during installation of
the driver for the SCI controller card, XP refused to install the non-RAID
driver. I had to use the RAID one. Now every time I boot, I get a "Press
CTR+S or F4 to enter the RAID utility" message for several seconds.

I have no plans to use RAID and would rather use and the non-RAID driver.
Any advice from anyone? (Besides buying a new motherboard...not
quite ready to do that).

Ken