Is it possible to hook up an IDE HDD & SATA HDD @ the Same time?

[Fingertips12]

I was wondering if it is possible to hook up an IDE HDD & SATA HDD @ the Same time, I am having problems with my SATA HDD's Boot sector and am trying to backup my data on the SATA. Right now i'm not going to be attaching my Optical Drive. So I will be using My IDE1 slot for a direct connection to my IDE HDD and my SATA1 Slot for my SATA HDD. For the aformentioned setup should I put my IDE HDD on Slave or Master? If it is possible could you go through the various steps and setting that i need to do to make this work.

 

[Viditor]

First, they are both IDE...the correct terms are SATA (Serial ATA) or PATA (Parallel ATA).

1. Make the PATA drive a master
2. Change your boot option in the Bios to boot from the PATA drive instead of the SATA drive. (make sure to have an OS on the PATA drive)

 

[Fingertips12]

See the thing is nothing is working right now, I plug my PATA HDD directly into the IDE slot #1, set that to master and every time i boot it quickly flashes the windows screen and then reboots (this happens in my SATA motherboard AMD 64 Machine). In my non-SATA Mobo it boots the PATA HDD fine.

About 8 hours ago i was able to boot my SATA HDD using my Amd 64 Machine. I rebooted after mounting an image of a copied ISO using Nero (the mount image tool). I thought it was a virtual drive. I got an error saying there was an error mounting the image and that i had to reboot after mounting. I rebooted, POST, everything working, than when it goes to my SATA HDD it just goes black.

I tried pluggin in the PATA HDD into that machine (unplugging the SATA) and it only flashes the Windows Loading screen for a second than reboots. Is this a problem with my HDD, my Mobo? Im not sure. Tomarrow ill try and see if i can test out the HDD on a freinds computer with SATA...

 

[Jhhnn]

The windows install on the pata drive is configured for the machine it was originally installed in, so it won't boot on the other machine.

If your friend's computer has a spare sata port and a bootable hdd of any flavor, then you should be able to extract the data from the troubled disk. Then use the manufacturer's utility to format and test the drive...

 

[Fingertips12]

Thanks I'll try that. But in the mean time is there any way to configure the PATA drive to work with my SATA machine?

 

[python023]

Reinstall Windows on it, while connected to your SATA machine.

 

[Fingertips12]

Would the Repair Windows Utility included on the Windows XP install disc fix the problem or would I have to do a complete re-format & than install?

 

[sygyzy]

I have plenty of PATA drives but want to use a SATA as the boot/master in my new system. Is there any conflict whatsoever with using this? Do NF4 boards have any problem with my adding a Promise IDE (PATA) Controller card?