-=PCTechTalk=- Re: My Contraption
- From: "Don Wilcox" <Dwilcox3@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 15 May 2007 08:29:06 -0400
The cable to the SATA drive connects to the controller (which is likely
integrated with the motherboard). The cable has a flat connector about 3/4
inch with and 1/8 inch thick... very similar to the type of connector seen
on iPods and some cell phones.
The controller should have connections for two hard drives. The connection
where the original was connected will be drive C and the other, if
installed, will be drive D in the absence of changes in Setup or Vista, or
selections via a boot manager.
In setup be sure to have your SATA drive(s) set to AUTOMATIC if installed or
NONE if not installed. May be AUTO and OFF depending on your BIOS.
If you are installing one or more EIDE-PATA drives be sure they are turned
on and properly set in setup. They should be configured as Master/Slave as
in a traditional setup. Check your owners manual or support website to be
sure. If your master PATA drive will be your default boot drive, it will be
C, the other PATA drive will be D and other drives will be assigned letters
based on order recognized by BIOS or Vista.
Your motherboard should have:
SATA controller to connect 2 SATA drives
PATA controller to connect at least 2 drives (PATA and or optical) and maybe
4 drives
and maybe a second PATA controller to connect at least 2 drives (optical or
PATA) and maybe 4 drives.
Unless you pay extra to get round cables, your PATA drives will use the
traditional flat ribbon cable.
Don
----- Original Message -----
From: "Becky kane" <bekkykane@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, May 14, 2007 9:55 PM
Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: My Contraption
> Well the 40 gig installed fine, but the 120 gig did not show up even on my
> computer. If it was not for the 40 gig showing up I would never have
> recovered the data I was so desperate to save. Here I do not even
> understand how to plug in a new drive? Is this a new type of inputs for
> the drive?
> I think I used the inputs for the next cdrw type drive, I could not see a
> way of inputting new drives but by the 2 wires I described already. I can
> see your one very smart woman and please let me say I enjoy your input.
> What would you think? Is this a SATA type drive or something else? Would
> it be possible it input my other of 2 cdrw's or my other drive without to
> much trouble? Wires everywhere, even where I thought the hard drives
> went......YUCK....VISTA my you have diarrhea for a month!
> Oh Hun if I could ( To move Data ) But ya may be seeing me for the
> cables......Get into the old west :-), The old computer is a bust! The
> hubby threw out the old computer but I still have the drives and CDRW's
>
> God Bless
> Becky
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