can i plug first hd into sata 2 port?

lexmark · 12-12-2007, 12:05 PM

I would like to move my hard drive cable to the sata2 port because of space issues, can it be done without any problems?

thanks

**oscaryu1** · 12-12-2007, 01:10 PM

Is that HDD EIDE or SATA?

[-0MEGA-] · 12-12-2007, 02:10 PM

If your moving the SATA drive to a different port, I don't believe it will cause a problem. The only time i may cause issues is if you have a RAID array set up.

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