by Woofa01 on December 21st, 2009

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How do I replace IDE H/drive with a SATA H/drive?

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by Prunesquallor on December 23rd, 2009
You need to have a motherboard with SATA sockets. Then, it's just a question of getting the correct cable and connecting the drive. You don't have to worry about Master/Slave setups with SATA.

If you wished to, you could run the IDE drive together with the SATA drive.
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