Hard Disc Drives

[karljay]

Hi can anyone tell me if you can mix these drives.
I wanted to install my old drive as master which is IDE
and have my new disc as slave which is SATA
My motherboard supports both but I am unsure as to what the result would be.

This is my first build so any suggestions would be most helpful.

 

[MagnusTheBrewer]

Some boards do work with both formats and some have problems. SATA drives do not need (and can not be set ) to be configured as master or slave. They work on different channels anyways than IDE. What MB do you have?

 

[karljay]

Hi thanks for that
My MB is a MSI 925X Neo Platinum
If i did install my old HD (Just for all my downloads etc) It wouldn't get wiped would it ?

 

[imported_Scoop]

Why do you want to set your old drive as master? Just do a clean install on the new SATA drive and plug your old drive in after you have your system up and running.