Re: SATA + PATA = Slowdown?

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It sounds like your BIOS placed the IDE drive before the SATA drive in the
boot order. Go back into your BIOS and ensure that your SATA (often listed
as a SCSI device) is set as the FIRST bootable hard drive.

steve


"ike" <ike@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:7F7BD1D2-BF03-4233-B204-7A27A84543FE@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Hello
> My computer's main drive is SATA.
> I recently added a second drive that is PATA (or IDE if you prefer).
> I have been able to get Windows XP home to recognize the disc, and I
> formatted it. the ide disk is run as a slave. (pins are set correctly, and
> set as slave on BIOS.)
> However, ever since I've connected the second drive, it takes 6-7 times
> longer to boot up Windows (so slow, one could mistake the computer as
> being
> frozen). Once loaded, everything seems to be going at the normal speed.
> Why is it booting so slowly?
> Any suggestions?
> Thanks in advance.


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