Re: SATA QUESTION

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From: _Mark_ (mstonecipher1_at_houston.rr.com)
Date: 01/19/05 

Date: Wed, 19 Jan 2005 10:33:56 -0600

So then doing as you did , I would have a SATA drive as C, and the other two
IDE drives as D,and E.. Correct. By the way nice setup..

"Joe H" <JoeH@mailpuppy.com> wrote in message
news:b9udnW4XdN51G3PcRVn-tg@giganews.com...
>I am running My ASUS A8V Deluxe which had SATA Raid, and booting from D0
>(Sata as a Normal drive.)
> Raid must be trurbed off in the Bios, and the EIDE controler turned on.
> I set up the Boot drive first, then when done with Windows I installed the
> second SATA and it came up as D1. After that I use a Mobile Dock for my
> Stored Downloads and use Norton Ghost to back everything up to it, then I
> reboot (or turn shut done), turn the Key off on the Other drive and then
> run with the Two. I have the Third drive on the EIDE, but it is the ULTRA
> series. Running Two sets of Ram in the Blue slots as Double Ram, and a
> 3500 AMD, it flies.
>
>
> "_Mark_" <mstonecipher1@houston.rr.com> wrote in message
> news:%23%23PEdtj$EHA.2104@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...
>>I am buying a new motherboard which has SATA capabilities. I know I can
>>have 2 SATA drives and 2 IDE drivers. My question is can I set BIOS where
>>SATA is the first boot device, then the IDE drives and so on. TIA
>>
>
>

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