Quick (dumb) question

[JediJorgie]

Is it possible to hook up an ATA hard drive and an SATA drive in the same computer?

I'm planning on buying an SATA drive soon and I'd like to be able to hook up my old ATA drive and transfer
my old files once I have formatted the SATA drive.

Thanks, sorry if this is a dumb question, I just don't want to buy a new drive and find out my old data is trapped.

 

[Bobthelost]

Yes it is possible.

 

[So]

Up until last week, I had 3 SATA drives and 1 PATA drive running on my computer. Worked fine.

 

[thescreensavers]

yes it will work 100% there is no reson for it not to

 

[secretanchitman]

my bro has a seagate 300GB SATA and an 80GB ATA in his server comp. has been working fine for years (we use it as mail server).

ill be damned if your computer doesnt support them both at the same time...

 

[JediJorgie]

Great, thanks for the info guys.