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SATA and other drive

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TRYP

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I am building a machine with a SATA drive (got it already) and am wondering if i can run a 2nd drive with it even if the second drive is not SATA ??
thanks
-tryp
 
If your motherboard supports the interface of the other drive then you should be able to use it along with your SATA drive.
 
TRYP
Yes! no problems, just be aware that if this drive is IDE and has an OS installed, make sure the SATA drive is first in the boot sequence (most motherboards will natively try to boot from the older parallel interface first)
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