P8z77-v deluxe

[jvanvuren]

Posted:3/7/2013 6:33:00 AM# 1Im planning to build a new home workstation based on the ASUS P8Z77-V Deluxe motherboard. It will contain a 128GB SSD on which I will clean install Windows 8 x64 under UEFI. For data I will create a RAID 1 array with two WD Raid Edition HDDs.

I have two legacy IDE data disks that I want to plug into the board once Windows has been installed successfully. These will come from my existing workstation which is based on an Asus P5W DH Deluxe and Windows 7 x32. On my existing workstation SATA is configured as Standard IDE. I plan to connect these legacy IDE disks to the new motherboard via IDE to SATA adapters.

A couple of questions:-

1. Will my new Windows 8 x64/UEFI be able to recognise and read the legacy data disks?

2. If the disks are not recognised/readable, is there a way I can transfer all their data to the RAID 1 array?

3. Which would be the best connectors on the board to connect the legacy disks to?

4. Is there an up to date checklist/procedure explaining how to set up and configure the P8Z77-V Deluxe for the kind of workstation Im planning to build?

Any help greatly appreciated.

 

[Insert_Nickname]

Well hello and welcome to the forums...

Unless you really need the extra features on the deluxe, I would actually recommend getting the Pro instead. They are 95% identical.

1. Will my new Windows 8 x64/UEFI be able to recognise and read the legacy data disks?

Yes. Windows treats disks the same no matter how they're connected. The only problem you can run into is if they are formatted with some exotic file system.

2. If the disks are not recognised/readable, is there a way I can transfer all their data to the RAID 1 array?

I would suggest a USB-to-IDE adaptor.

3. Which would be the best connectors on the board to connect the legacy disks to?

I think you'd be much better of getting a PCIe-to-IDE expansion card. That means you do not have to go though SATA-to-IDE adaptors.

4. Is there an up to date checklist/procedure explaining how to set up and configure the P8Z77-V Deluxe for the kind of workstation Im planning to build?

The included manual is very helpful. You can download it from the Asus website right away.

And greetings from a happy deluxe user...

 

[BonzaiDuck]

(2) and (3) are great recommendations per the old IDE drives. This is all a matter of choice or need, and I no longer cable IDE drives internally to any of my systems -- the exception being a StarTech hot-swap IDE-to-IDE device on a P45 motherboard. It requires a "Swap-Man" software to use in full potential. The rest of my old IDE drives are deployed with USB2 external drive boxes. When I need one, I use the same power-plug (they're all the same make/model box) for the chosen unit and flip it on.

There are probably zillions of used PCI-to-IDE controllers floating around, but not much future in PCI slots.

I've experimented with the "IDE-to-SATA" and "SATA-to-IDE" adapters -- which I've found fairly cheap at between $2 and $8 each. I just don't have a lot of confidence in them compared to a USB-to-IDE option.

 

[AnitaPeterson]

I think you'd be much better of getting a PCIe-to-IDE expansion card. That means you do not have to go though SATA-to-IDE adaptors.

Seconded - that's a GREAT suggestion! - if you absolutely need to keep thePATA drives internal.

These cards (also known as Promise cards) give you two extra IDE ports, allowing you to add up to four extra PATA drives. Overkill nowadays, for an old technology, but definitely useful. And probably cheap. Even if you can't find them new, in store, there's a ton of them on ebay...

If you can use the HDDs externally, a USB enclosure solution would probably be just as efficient and less of a complication.