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  1. davidhye

    davidhye Regular member

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    hi guys
    i m really confused
    i didnt know the difference between ide and sata
    so i purchased sata hdd - Seagate 80gb
    and now i have problems
    thing is my master ide (main) burned so i have andother ide that doesnt have windows on it
    it has only has music, videos... and it's corrupted so i cant install windows on it just keep files
    so when i connected new SATA hdd - bios cant find it
    so do i need to buy sata controller raid card
    or sata II controller
    i dont know anything about it so if anybody can help me plz.
     
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    moved
     
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    ddp Moderator Staff Member

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    you posted this thread in safety valve so i moved it to this forum
     
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    thanks i didnt get it first
     
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    btw my motherboard has built-in support for sata
    but it says only for 1.5 gbps but i have 3.0 gbps
    on my hd it says i can put jumper and limit it to 1.5
    but i dont have a jumper
     
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    see if 1 is not being used on motherboard. do you have any old computer cards laying around that might have jumpers on them?
     
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    thanks for reply
    i have only 1 red jumper next to sata ports but computer doesnt work without it
    and no, i dont have any at home
    i can look in comp stores but i m not sure they r selling em
    btw if i'll make it 1.5 instead of 3.0gbps
    is perfomance would be worse than it should be on 3.0

     
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    probably won't see any difference at all
     
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    so, u r sayin i just need a jumper
    and bios would find my hard drive
    coz my mobo only supports 1.5gbps?
    in my mobo manual it says:
    SATA RAID
    build-in VT8237 supports 2 serial ATA devices for the highest data rates (1.5gbps burst) with RAID 0 & RAID 1
    does it support my hard drive
     
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    should be able to run it with no problem.
     
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    thank u very much for help
    i called comp store
    tehy said they ll give me one for free
    i ll try that
    thanks
    but do i need to change something in bios to turn on raid or something so it would be detected

     
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    & needs driver installed if xp is loaded onto it.
     
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    well, first i dont know how to turn raid or watever it is
    and also i dont have xp installed on old hard drive and i cant install xp on it, coz it is broken and i keep only videos, music on it
    so wat do i gotta do..........
     
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    raid is 2 identical sata drives. what hd has windows on it now?
     
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    i aint got windows
    my master - notmal hard drive had windows on it (it was ide)
    but it burned - i dunno why and i had only broken one left (also ide) - that doesnt have windows on it
    so now i bought a new hard drive to install windows on it
    i described it from the beginning
    so there is no chance i can get it work
     
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    was your windows legit or blackmarket?
     
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  18. davidhye

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    u mean legal or illegal
    why, is it makes difference?
     
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    if have key numbers than could use a friend's copy if same version as yours
     
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    hold on
    i didnt get what u just said
    i have windows xp OEM version CD at home
    i cant use it?
     
    davidhye, Jun 22, 2006
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