can i plug SATA Drive into SATA II port?
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yes you can. But your not going to get 3GBs
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Follow the steps below, one of which should help\n\n1st: Check the data cable to see if there is a pinhole through one wire and/or if the connections are colour coded,(blue to controller, grey in middle to slave, black on end to master).  If it does, set both drives to cable select, with the one to be master at the end (both drives on the same cable).\n\n2nd: If the cable is a regular PATA cable, remove the old HDD, set new drive to master, and re-install the OS.  If this works, connect the old HDD as slave.\n\n3rd: check again in BIOS for the correct booth sequence.\n\nHope this help.
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You might need to click on F6 during the installation of Windows XP in order to load in the SATA chipset driver at the first place so your SATA drive could be recognized.\n\nThe only happens on the first generation of SATA drive. For SATA II drive, no driver load in is required as like old PATA drive.
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You would need to buy a hard drive caddy, similar to this.\n\nhttp://cgi.ebay.co.uk/USB-2-0-HDD-HARD-DISK-DRIVE-CADDY-CASE-ENCLOSURE-PC-MAC_W0QQitemZ8805071844QQcategoryZ96894QQtcZphotoQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
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You need to check the user manual whether your system supports SATA. FYI you need different interface on the motherboard in order to use SATA hdds
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Go to bios advanced bios setup\nThere you have an option to choose raid or sata
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You need to verify that your controller supports hot-swap.  Some early controllers did not support this.  Also I think many cheap on-board controllers may not support it.  Also remember you can't hot swap your OS drive.\n\nBut the short answer is no, raid is not required to have a hot swap sata drive.
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Check in BIOS setup if your 1st hard drive is Primary/secondary Master then just remove the Jumper(u can see a black color cap on back side of hard drive where data cable and power cable are connected) and connect the hard dirve.Make sure u connect Data and power cable properly.
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Are you trying to convert a SATA hard drive into a IDE drive?
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Nope, if windows XP doesnt recognise the raid you will need to d/ownload the drives. If you don't have the drivers windows will not recognise teh drive. You need to do a search on google for the Sata drivers, if its on board try looking on the Motherboards manfacturers website.
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I don't think if your using a SATA harddrive, it has to be in RAID.  Below is a link for your motherboard.  You can download the manual.
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You shouldn't need a separate driver if you're using Windows XP, ME or 2000.  The mass storage drivers are included in these operating systems.\n\nJust plug it in, and it should be recognized as an additional drive.
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There are converters out there, though I've never had to look for one.  I'm sure of you search on pricewatch.com or google, you should find something.  I know they exist.\n\nHave you already purchased the drive?  Obviously if you haven't, I hope you know that you have nothing to gain by doing so.\n\nAlso, you could add a PCI SATA card to your system to save a spot on your IDE channels.  Realize that a PCI SATA card does not perform as well as a dedicated SATA port on a motherboard since it has to share bandwidth with other PCI devices.\n\nLots of options here.....need more info
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yes you can.\n\nhttp://www.soft32.com/download_151.html\n\n\ndownload and install Partition magic program.\nopen partition magic and right click on the particular drive you want to convert. simple
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According to the Dell web site, it uses SATA drives.  If you have an IDE connector in there, you should able to connect it to that.  If it's already connected, you'll need to get an IDE cable that supports two drives and then make sure both drives have their jumpers properly configured.  If you aren't interested in all of that, just buy a USB hard drive enclosure and put your old drive into that.
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Can your power supply handle the extra hardware? Dumb question but simple mistake.\n\nIf you have the original driver for the SATA then reinstall it. Remove the old ones first. Then restart.\nThen reinstall the driver and shut down.\nPlug in SATA and boot.\nAll should be happy.\n\nIt is also possible that the drive itself has needed software for it to run on the computer. My SATA came with a CD that had to be run before installation. I have yet to encounter any problems.
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best thing would be to go t seagate's support site, and find out what they say you can do with it