How to connect ide and sata the Winchester

Sometimes you need to connect multiple internal hard drives to one system unit. The problems begin only if the disks have different formats: IDE and SATA.

You will need

• adapter IDE-SATA.

Instruction

1. Don't worry to connect to one motherboard hard drives with different formats quite easily. Remove the wall of the system unit and examine the ports on the motherboard.
2. The fact that quite often even those models of motherboards that have the main hard drive connected via a SATA channel, IDE ports. Most often it connects to the DVD drives. Find such connectors.
3. If one of them is connected the drive, unplug it and use the vacated train and connect a new hard drive.
4. If such a port is free, get a train (if not present) and connect it to the hard drive.
5. Do not despair, if your motherboard contains only SATA or only IDE. There are special connectors that allow you to connect hard drives with alternative ports. Purchase the appropriate adapter.
6. Bought plug in connector Flex cable coming from the motherboard. Connect the connector with the hard drive.
7. Turn on the computer. To enter the BIOS press the Del key. Open the Boot Device Priority menu. Assign your old Winchester (where operating system is installed) primary device at startup.
8. Save the changes by selecting Save & Exit. Wait for loading the operating system. You will most likely automatically install the driver for the new hard drive. After it completes, verify that the connected Winchester.