SATA newbie question

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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.
 
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.
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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
 
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