Slave SATA hard drive
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jojo30 -
jojo30 -
Hello,
I have two SATA hard drives connected to my computer, but when it starts up, it only recognizes one HDD. How can I choose which drive to boot from (I have installed an operating system on each disk)? If one needs to be set as a slave, how do I do that?
Thank you in advance for taking the time to help me.
I have two SATA hard drives connected to my computer, but when it starts up, it only recognizes one HDD. How can I choose which drive to boot from (I have installed an operating system on each disk)? If one needs to be set as a slave, how do I do that?
Thank you in advance for taking the time to help me.
4 answers
Hello,
When you are using SATA, there are no master or slave devices like in IDE. On your motherboard, there are between 2 and 4 (up to 6) SATA connections (they are the red ports), and next to each one, it says SATA 1, SATA 2, etc. So you place your first HDD on SATA 1 and the second one on SATA 2. If it doesn’t work, you need to check the BIOS to see if the SATA ports are connected.
Catch you later!
When you are using SATA, there are no master or slave devices like in IDE. On your motherboard, there are between 2 and 4 (up to 6) SATA connections (they are the red ports), and next to each one, it says SATA 1, SATA 2, etc. So you place your first HDD on SATA 1 and the second one on SATA 2. If it doesn’t work, you need to check the BIOS to see if the SATA ports are connected.
Catch you later!