PC hardware: sata vs. ide
Hardware RAID support
by aldevries - 4/8/05 7:53 AM In reply to: XP or bust for big SATA drives by KaemonAlthough I haven't used it personally yet, the fact that SATA offers hardware RAID support should be beneficial to users with identical dual drives. GAmers can use it to speed up transfer times by splitting data across two disks (Raid 0), while RAID 1 creates a mirrored disk for a second level of data protection. Of course you still need to do your regular backups because this only protects against a drive failing, not a worm of virus that corrupts/destroys your data. All of this can be done cheaper than SCSI and faster than a software based RAID solution.
Converting to SATA
by humvee - 4/8/05 8:38 AM In reply to: Hardware RAID support by aldevriesI have no experience of SATA other than what I have read here and elsewhere....therefore a real noobish question.
Is it possible to change an existing IDE HD - that has connections for SATA - to SATA without reinstalling windows etc.
TVM
Humvee
Build your own WinXP SP2 CD
by clan010 - 4/8/05 2:30 PM In reply to: XP or bust for big SATA drives by KaemonNo offense, but fabricating an WinXP/SP2 CD is far easier and take much less time than to install to 2nd hard drive and the Ghosting to the original drive. There are countless guides out there that will tell you how to do it (and its really easy, trust me). While your method requires a 2nd hard drive, this method only requires a blank CD-R.
WinXP SP2 CD
by Bailey51 - 9/16/06 7:40 AM In reply to: Build your own WinXP SP2 CD by clan010Could you please give info on how to do this or a link to a good site. All the guides that I have found do not work.
Thanks in advance,
Susan
I used this one.
by R. Proffitt
- 9/16/06 7:47 AM
In reply to: WinXP SP2 CD by Bailey51
http://www.simplyguides.net/guides/using_autostreamer/using_autostreamer.shtml
XP did not require SP2 for SATA install
by ddinham - 4/9/05 1:24 PM In reply to: XP or bust for big SATA drives by KaemonLast fall I built a new PC using an Intel board with the 875 chip and native raid using SATA. I used an install CD with SP1 included and when prompted for the raid driver, I pressed F6 and inserted the floppy with the raid drivers. I used Maxtor 250 gig drives and had no problem formatting the drives. I let XP format the drives using NTFS. As I remember, XP will not mount a volume over 130 gig using FAT32. You would have to format it using a DOS floppy for which Microsoft has available an FDISK fix for large drives.
A Little Easier
by ktrontl - 4/9/05 7:49 PM In reply to: XP or bust for big SATA drives by KaemonIf you do get a larger than the 130GB HD prior to downloading any SP, there is an easy way to take care of the +130GB problem.
Do your initial switching out of the HDs. Reload the pre SP Win XP, download SP2 off the XP website, then go to your Administrator tools in your Control Panel.
Click on Computer Management.
In the Computer Management window, click Disk Management under Storage in the tree plane on the left.
You will see two sections in the right plane. The top right plane is the drive information (% of free space and that sort of stuff).
The lower right plane is a graphical representation of that. It shows your C drive and all the extra space that you are not using on your HD.
Right click over the shaded area of HD free space and you can format and make a logic drive in the free space. Reboot.
XP or bust.... busted.
by barrelli - 6/17/06 4:16 PM In reply to: XP or bust for big SATA drives by KaemonActually, it's quite a simple process to install a drive above 130GB on a Win2000 system. I have a 400GB drive on my Win2000 system and it works wonderfully. You just have to enable 48-bit LBA support for ATAPI drives. It's actually just a registry key alteration, and it's spelled out very nicely on this web page. http://support.microsoft.com/?id=305098
Related Question
by CarlosAntenna - 4/8/05 9:52 AM In reply to: sata vs. ide by nerdyboy1234My MOBO supports both standard IDE and SATA. Can I use both on the same system? 4 IDE devices plus SATA?
Certainly !!!!
by larrybell - 4/8/05 11:42 AM In reply to: Related Question by CarlosAntennaSure, You can use any combination of Standard IDE and the SATA drives you like, as long as you have enough room for in your case.
I would remind you to make considerations for your power supply capacity so you provide enough power to your entire system. You probably wouldn't want to run four IDE and 4 SATA drives all on a 300 watt power supply. I would consider jumping to at least 450 watts.
sata & XP
by paulswa - 4/8/05 11:37 AM In reply to: sata vs. ide by nerdyboy1234I just retired my 5 year old Pavillion with a new ABIT mobo, AMD 64 processor and Antec case. The idea was to use the original HD from the HP to boot the new sys. Installed the old boot HD, powered up, XP started and reregistered with Msoft entirely painless. Mounted and connected the SATA drive (got lucky,the Antec power supply was already equiped with the correct power connector. Formatted & partitioned the 250 GB in half. Maxtor installation sw asked if I wanted to boot from the new drive, yes. With no action on my part,the entire 43 GB original boot drive was transferred to the SATA drive. The only action was to change the boot sequence in CMOS. XP Pro booted as though nothing had changed. SATA is much faster than the original HP.
Wow
by damasta55r - 4/8/05 11:58 PM In reply to: sata & XP by paulswaVery talented.
Roger
sata rocks
by balert2 - 4/9/05 3:05 PM In reply to: sata vs. ide by nerdyboy1234you will notice that more and more SATA are being sold everything and their prices are dropping. SATA uses smaller cable which helps heat circulation in your computer and it uses less electricty to operate, not to mention it's faster, especially in RAID 0. In RAID 1, it automatically backups your data for you, that's an essential feature for small biz.
of course, SATA is pricer than IDE. Still, it's worth it. In a couple of years, IDE should be phased out already. See
http://www.whosave.com/Technology_On_Sale/Great_Technology_Electronics_Items?cat=hardDrives&view=grid
for some idea of pricing.
Sata FTW
by lsohn - 5/29/06 7:09 AM In reply to: sata vs. ide by nerdyboy1234wow after reading this thread I think I might go pawn my old 80gb and 120gb IDE's and purchase a new spiffy 300gb 16mb cache Sata, the going rate for these in Australia is $150 and the benefits seem endless.
sata cable vs ide what is the diference
by ckagents - 9/28/09 2:24 AM In reply to: sata vs. ide by nerdyboy1234Dear forum i have the mob P4i65G of the ASRock with two ide HDs.
Now i have a SATA HD OF WDIGITAL. The cable on the SATA HD is diferent,can i use a new cable that suport Sata and IDE ??
Thank you for your suport.
Christos Thikoudis
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