It's done in the BIOS correct? Just select whichever SATA drive you want to boot as the first boot device?
I'll be installing a new HD tonight along with Vista, but am hoping it won't be a big deal to switch on the fly between my current HD to the new one.
If it's in the BIOS then it shouldn't be a big deal and will work out nicely to be able to still have my Vista/XP dual boot on my current drive and the new Vista install on the new drive.
Setting master/slave HD SATA
Ah, yea I know what you're talking about, I remember doing that with my old IDE drives.
It seems SATA drives don't have such a jumper but are set master/slave based on their boot priority in the BIOS - just wondering if there's anything else I need to be concerned about, I think it'll be fairly simple but never done it before.
It seems SATA drives don't have such a jumper but are set master/slave based on their boot priority in the BIOS - just wondering if there's anything else I need to be concerned about, I think it'll be fairly simple but never done it before.
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On most boards, yes and yes. Hopefully if your motherboard has a SATA1 and SATA2 (etc.) ports and the HD comes with a SATA cable like it should, you are already set. You may need a dual SATA power connector though if you don't already have one. If you have a custom computer, 1 or 2 may have come with the motherboard.Ray wrote:It's done in the BIOS correct? Just select whichever SATA drive you want to boot as the first boot device?