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PATA/SATA Boot doubt...

3 posts · originally from https://geek.digit.in/community/threads/pata-sata-boot-doubt.85641/

ionicsachin
ionicsachin Original post #1
Apr 17, 2008 at 10:57 PM
My friend has purchased an abit ip35-pro today....as he is upgrading, he wants to use his old seagate pata ide hard disk...he wants to do a fresh windows installation...our doubt is can this be done on ip35-pro as he doesnt have sata drive....will ide hdd option be there in boot priority list?
pratik03
pratik03 #2
Apr 18, 2008 at 1:03 AM
In BIOS HDD is treated as Hard Disk in boot priority option, doesn't matter is it SATA or IDE drive.
ionicsachin
ionicsachin #3
Apr 19, 2008 at 6:23 PM
but ip35-pro uses jmicron to control ide...he wants to use his pata dvd drive and pata hdd as slave and master....and he wants to do a fresh windows installation....