Comments on: IDE – SATA drive combo http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itanswers/ide-sata-drive-combo/ Sun, 26 May 2013 01:40:27 +0000 hourly 1 By: britinga http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itanswers/ide-sata-drive-combo/#comment-58600 britinga Mon, 15 Dec 2008 17:51:02 +0000 #comment-58600 Thanks! it was simply the BIOS, which was set to boot the IDE drive first; I changed it to the SATA and was then able to format the IDE drive to use as a second data drive.

]]> By: 2kboot http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itanswers/ide-sata-drive-combo/#comment-58573 2kboot Fri, 12 Dec 2008 21:55:31 +0000 #comment-58573 Have you checked your BIOS settings?
IDE is a default setting to boot to.
If you want to use the SATA instead, log into your BIOS and check the boot settings. If the IDE is set to boot first, either change the sequence or disable the IDE boot, depending on what BIOS you have.

]]> By: gilly400 http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itanswers/ide-sata-drive-combo/#comment-58560 gilly400 Fri, 12 Dec 2008 16:15:00 +0000 #comment-58560 Hi,

What else do you have in the machine? Is there another IDE drive?

Regards,

Martin Gilbert.

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