SATA and IDE hard drive question

[lefty31199]

OK.

I am purchasing a custom made computer from Cyberpower Systems very soon (cheaper THROUGH them, than for me to actually buy all the parts and install)

Inside I will have PRE INSTALLED,

TWO Seagate 120GB 7200RPM Serial ATA 150 8MB Cache hard drives.

In the IDE Slots (im assuming they would just put them in IDE 1)

I will have an 8x DVD-+RW/CD-RW combo drive and also a 16x DVD Drive.

I plan on ALSO taking out a WD 120gig IDE out of my current computer to install on this one. I plan on hooking it up AS SOON AS I GET this new computer...my question is:

Is there any sort of BIOS or HD setting I should change in order to the system to recognize this hard drive properly? Will I leave the jumper setting the same? Will the system prompt me that I have two OS'es installed ?(im not going to format it until AFTER i copy all my files, programs, etc. off of it) If they (Cyberpower Systems) install the DVD drives in IDE 1, should I move them to IDE 2 and put the IDE Hard drive in the IDE 1 slot?


Thanks for the help!

[lefty31199]

how about this for the setup



SATA 1--------------Seagate 120Gig
SATA 2--------------Seagate 120Gig

IDE 1----------------WD 120Gig (master) Sony 16x DVD-Rom (slave)
IDE 2----------------NEC 8x dual format DVD-RW/CD-RW (master)


Will the system recognize this if i just 'plug and play the IDE HD in and switch it with the DVD Burner ?

(im assuming they will just install both optical drives on IDE1)

[Bill in SD, CA]

I'd slave the Sony on IDE 2.

Bill

[Scott Tiger]

Me too. Or I'd leave the WD 120G out all together. 360GB is a lot of storage.

[cysus]

Originally posted by Scott Tiger
Me too. Or I'd leave the WD 120G out all together. 360GB is a lot of storage.

...no it isn't
don't be silly
On my P-3 I have almost 1 terabyte, 5x 100gig drives (why did they making these?) 2x 120gig drives, 2x 60gig drives and 1 40gig drive. THATS 900 GIGABYTES. I only have about 5 gigs left, It is all full of videos(about 500gb), pics(almost 40gb), and music(the rest of it). 10 drives, 2 ide controller cards, 2 cases placed side to side to put all the drives in, and 2 PSUs.

[ArcticFox]

That's a lot of stuff.

But I disagree with the others about the channel placement. Lefty's makes sense, because it has the burner on a seperate channel, away from your 120GB WD, so it would be faster. So unless you were doing DVD rips to your 120GB, his solution would be the best off.

[lefty31199]

thanks Arctic Fox...

ive changed my purchases, since i cant find a buyer of my system

Ill have a SATA WD 160gig, a WD 80Gig, a WD 120Gig, s Sony DRU-500A burner, and an 8x dvd-rom


how would the IDE devices be hooked up the most efficently?

[Starfury_2260]

wouldn't having the dvd drive on the same ide channel as the hard drive slow the hd down?

[lefty31199]

so i should put both HD's on IDE 1 and both DVD drives on IDE2 (with the burner on IDE2 MAster)

?

[Omardeth]

if you brurning on the fly , from one drive to another you don't want both on the same ide cable .

for me the preformace different in sata and ide aren't that big unless you get he wd raptors . so my advice would get get ide drives , you can still use the sata connection with an adaptor . if you do your homework you can get two 120gb ide drives for the same cost as 1 sata drive