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Making both optical drives bootable
Dell Dimension 4700 I have a Pioneer DVD writer and a CD writer on my IDE channel. My 2 hard drives are SATA. I would like to have both the DVD writer and the CD writer made bootable. Currently only the drive in the master position is bootable. The BIOS is set to boot from the CD/DVD first...- wgrimsley
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- Forum: PC hardware - General discussion
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Can I add IDE Drive to New Dell w/SATA drive factory installed?
To All Concerned: Sorry, I did not mean to offend anyone. As I read the original question I thought the purpose was to use a hard drive ‘poorkapoor” had on hand. Some of the suggestions were to purchase additional equipment. I realize that a lot of people have more knowledge than I have. My...- wgrimsley
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- Forum: PC hardware - Hard drive issues
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Can I add IDE Drive to New Dell w/SATA drive factory installed?
Forget all you have been told. Here’s what you can do. Remove one of the optical drives from the IDE cable and install your Seagate hard drive. Set the jumpers to cable select and you should be in business. How do I know this? I have done this and it works just fine on my Dell computer with...- wgrimsley
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- Forum: PC hardware - Hard drive issues
