I am using 2 existing SATA ports for C:\ drive and DVD. Want to add a second SATA harddrive. Windows 7 32-bit. This device looks OK. comments?
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According to the manufacturer, if you have an AMD processor, and/or ATI graphics card (even pre merger) you should look for their Marvel based card.
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I'm only selling it, don't know much about what it does. It's an opened box item so you are able to purchase it cheaper than new but it's basically new.
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That will depend on your OS and drive manufacturer. I'm using Win 7 and a Seagate drive so I had to partition my 3TB into 2 logical drives. Don't quite understand why but that's what Seagate said I had to do.
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All SATA is backward compatible AFAIK. I think that's why Seagate doesn't mention it in their specs. I've never had a problem -- I'm using two of these (3GB each) in a NAS that only supports 3gbs.
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No, I am using it in a non-raid setup. I did try to use it with a 2 TB drive as a 4th drive. It didn't work. I then put a 500 MB drive on it and it worked. I put the 2 TB directly on a standard sata port.
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I replaced my Win 7 Lenovo's laptop hard drive with this one and it works fine. However, since the connector on this drive is not an USB type connector I wonder how you managed to get it to work as a USB. In any case, if you already have a primary hard drive with Windows on C, you need I would suspect you need to configure this "additional hard drive as a "slave" drive. Then you can only partition it as a logical drive, i.e. additional partition.
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There are no SATA cables provided. If you're going to use two drives, you need two SATA cables. However, only one power cable is needed which is nice.
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To be honest with you, IDE to SATA 3 - why? That IDE interface is sooooooo slow it would bottle neck the speed poential of this SSD drastically. I question SATA1 being used with SSD. Time to upgrade the PC.
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Standard SATA connectors, will work with any SATA port. May not be the cheapest drive you can buy for what you're describing, but that's your call.
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Not sure I understand the question so hopefully this will help. You can add as many additional HDDs to your system as you have additional unused functional SATA ports on your motherboard and/or PCI card and space inside your PC case to install them. It's possible that some of your SATA ports may not be functional. If you're using a multi HDD external enclosure, you would need to check to see if it has HDD size/space limitations...
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If you have a computer that came with Windows 2000 it almost definitely does not have a SATA port. The front of this drive will look the same but the back will have different ports. You probably need a Parallel ATA drive (sometimes called PATA). If you open your computer you should see a flat "ribbon" cable plugged into the current CD-ROM drive, that is a 40 pin parallel cable. Amazon does list some Parallel DVD drives but you're probably better off finding a used one on a computer that's being discarded for free.
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It also comes with a molex (PATA) style connector. Just use a molex to SATA adapter to run the second drive. I am running two laptop drives off of it in my system.
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I have installed two of these units in a single case. All recent OS - XP SP1 and above in Windows' case - will work because they support SATA configurations. It's more an issue of your BIOS being able to support hot swapping - if that is your reason for using the device. Should this not be the case, which I doubt, you will need to power down the system before exchanging disks. Please take into account that each drive requires a separate SATA cable, so the number of available SATA ports is the real concern here. SATA 2 or 3 is dependent on your drives and motherboard; nothing to do with the rack. Power consumption will also hike; check your power supply capacity. I hope this is helpful. I have installed two of these units in a single case. All recent OS - XP SP1 and above in Windows' case - will work because they support SATA configurations. It's more an issue of your BIOS being able to support hot swapping - if that is your reason for using the device. Should this not be the case, which I doubt, you will need to power down the system before exchanging disks. Please take into account that each drive requires a separate SATA cable, so the number of available SATA ports is the real concern here. SATA 2 or 3 is dependent on your drives and motherboard; nothing to do with the... » Read More I have installed two of these units in a single case. All recent OS - XP SP1 and above in Windows' case - will work because they support SATA configurations. It's more an issue of your BIOS being able to support hot swapping - if that is your reason for using the device. Should this not be the case, which I doubt, you will need to power down the system before exchanging disks. Please take into account that each drive requires a separate SATA cable, so the number of available SATA ports is the real concern here. SATA 2 or 3 is dependent on your drives and motherboard; nothing to do with the rack. Power consumption will also hike; check your power supply capacity. I hope this is helpful. « Show Less
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Yes you can. If you have a Windows PC you can have as many Hard Drives as your Controller Board will allow (Usually 4 or 5 - but I've seen as many as 16); this all depends on how many ports you have on your SATA Controller.
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Yes, I did end up replacing our hard drive and it worked seamlessly! I got the WD 1TB sata II 7200 rpm 8 mb unit. (Wd10jpvt) It looks cheaper now too by about $30!I now have a lot more room and the laptop speed is back up to normal now. I also got the vantec nexstar tx 2.5 sata to usb external he enclosure and definitely nice! Well built and solid!
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Hi, Yes there is another bay for a 2nd Hard drive. There is also another for a 2nd CD/DVD player. Connectors from power supply for 2nd devices already in place. IDE Cable needed for additional devices, the hard drive requires cable with a 90 degree connector on one end. Hope this helps. :-)
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You can but, I don't know if you'll see improved I/O. I'm not sure what the SATA interface is to the drive. If it's an older generation you may not see improved throughput. Chances are you will see improved I/O. Just not sure how much.
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Looking up the specs for this workstation on line, it gives the hard drive spec as:Hard Disk Drives*Up to 60GB/ 7,200 RPM or 80GB/ 5,400 RPM, EIDE/ATA-1. There is no mention of SATA, only EIDE and ATA.The spec sheet is dated 2005. This is an old computer. I have a feeling that this is not workable, but I can't prove it.