Adding an IDE hard drive to a Sata hard drive system

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surferman08

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I have a New computer with Windows Vista that is part of the operating system and I'm trying to hook up another hard drive that is IDE when my system is Sata. I have purchased the converter and hooked it up and the computer doesn't reconize the new hard drive. I have unplugged the Sata HD and just tried to run it with the IDE an nothing happens. What should I do?

I want to install Windows XP on the IDE HD.

I'm stuck...please help me.
 
Why would you want to install an OS on the slower HDD?

If nothing happens with just IDE plugged in, perhaps its a dead one?
 
First of all you used a converter for power or what?

EIDE drives need to see the jumper found at the rear of the drive set to master, slave, or even cable select depending on system as well as which connector is used on the flat ribbon data cable. Or did you forget to plug that in and the drive is not seen listed on the post screen provided no brand logo screen blocks the view.

For the system there you would slave the new hard drive on the middle connector that the optical drive is on if ide as well. The jumper would be set to either the slave or cable select position to be seen by the system.

As far as the difference in performance seen between sata and ide drives don't expect any except for WD Raptors being 10,000rpm over the typical 7,200rpm sata and ide drives alike.
 
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