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Eddie G
I was given a "new" computer that has the floppy drive in the primary IDE
slot and the DVD and CD drives in the secondary IDE slot. My current
machine is IDE and for now I want to put my hard drive in the newer machine
until I get a SATA drive. Can I just put the current hard drive in the new
machine in the primary IDE slot and either disconnect the floppy or put it
on the ribbon cable with the optical drives, putting them in the secondary
IDE slot? I was told that there is a chance that I can damage the boot
sector of the hard drive by just plugging it into the IDE controller. Is
this true? Should I wait until I get the IDE controller card that my
brother-in-law can mail to me?
Thanks!!
Eddie G
slot and the DVD and CD drives in the secondary IDE slot. My current
machine is IDE and for now I want to put my hard drive in the newer machine
until I get a SATA drive. Can I just put the current hard drive in the new
machine in the primary IDE slot and either disconnect the floppy or put it
on the ribbon cable with the optical drives, putting them in the secondary
IDE slot? I was told that there is a chance that I can damage the boot
sector of the hard drive by just plugging it into the IDE controller. Is
this true? Should I wait until I get the IDE controller card that my
brother-in-law can mail to me?
Thanks!!
Eddie G