I have a old install on a PATA drive and no matter what I do IF the pata is connected it will not boot to the SATA. Now if the PATA was empty, I do not know if it will boot or not, I should test this and could if you want. I keep the old install there for on occasion I need it ( I disconnect the SATA which I have Vista on )
fp At 11:05 AM 4/9/2007, j m g Poked the stick with: >Funny you mention the A7n8x - I have the -E Deluxe model with 4 PATA's used >mostly just for the space - I was going to dump the 2 200gb for 1 or 2 large >size SATA - are you saying it won't boot at all or won't boot to a sata drive? > >Thanks, >John > > >On 4/9/07, FORC5 <<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >make sure you instal the sata drivers in windows. not sure about your p4 mb >but one of my asus a7n8x's will not boot to sata with any pata drives hooked >up no matter what I do in the bios. >fp > >At 05:25 AM 4/9/2007, Bobby Heid Poked the stick with: > >>Hey, >> >>I have an Asus P4C800-E Deluxe MB with 4 PATA drives (I rebuilt the system >>with existing drives). I have a drive that is showing errors and I'd like to >>replace it. It is not the boot drive. >> >>Can I just enable SATA in the BIOS and replace the drive with an SATA one? I >>can deal with drive letter changes if that happens. >> >>Thanks, >>Bobby > >-- >Tallyho ! ]:8) >Taglines below ! >-- >In just two days, tomorrow will be yesterday. > > > > > >-- >-jmg >-sapere aude -- Tallyho ! ]:8) Taglines below ! -- Oh war. Thou son of Hell.
