ide harddrive to sata

Discussion in 'PC hardware help' started by WeedKing, Jan 17, 2010.

  1. WeedKing

    WeedKing Member

    Joined:
    May 14, 2009
    Messages:
    16
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    11
    i want to upgrade my 160bg ide harddrive with a 500bg sata hard drive. their both seagate harddrives. my question is im wondering will i have any issues with switching wires? will i need anything seperate than what is already inside my pc?

    thanks.
     
    WeedKing, Jan 17, 2010
    #1
  2. gary2005

    gary2005 Regular member

    Joined:
    Sep 17, 2005
    Messages:
    179
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    26
    Does this motherboard support sata if you dont know what motherboard you have you can download cpuz for free and it will tell you small download but very handy http://www.cpuid.com/cpuz.php
     
    gary2005, Jan 18, 2010
    #2
  3. WeedKing

    WeedKing Member

    Joined:
    May 14, 2009
    Messages:
    16
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    11
    alright,
    i have no idea how to read this, so possibly someone can tell just by looking..
    [​IMG]

    thanks
     
    WeedKing, Jan 20, 2010
    #3
  4. scorpNZ

    scorpNZ Active member

    Joined:
    Mar 23, 2005
    Messages:
    4,266
    Likes Received:
    63
    Trophy Points:
    78
    That's an old BIOS my advice get IDE,i tried what you are attempting on a presario s5020an of 2004 & it failed to detect the hdd,yet the adaptor worked fine in an external housing
     
    scorpNZ, Jan 20, 2010
    #4
  5. gary2005

    gary2005 Regular member

    Joined:
    Sep 17, 2005
    Messages:
    179
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    26
    yeh i agree
     
    gary2005, Jan 21, 2010
    #5
  6. WeedKing

    WeedKing Member

    Joined:
    May 14, 2009
    Messages:
    16
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    11
    so if i were to upgrade the bios, would i be able to use the harddrive? or is it not even practical?
     
    WeedKing, Jan 21, 2010
    #6
  7. gary2005

    gary2005 Regular member

    Joined:
    Sep 17, 2005
    Messages:
    179
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    26
    your best off just getting an ide hardrive m8 i couldnt find any specs on your motherboard
     
    gary2005, Jan 21, 2010
    #7
  8. scum101

    scum101 Guest

    scum101, Jan 21, 2010
    #8
  9. ddp

    ddp Moderator Staff Member

    Joined:
    Oct 15, 2004
    Messages:
    39,167
    Likes Received:
    136
    Trophy Points:
    143
    the white & black connectors above the bios chip are your sata ports. are you getting rid of the 160gig or just adding the 500gig as a data drive?
     
    ddp, Jan 21, 2010
    #9
  10. Jkyr12

    Jkyr12 Member

    Joined:
    Jun 12, 2013
    Messages:
    72
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    16
    I'm building a new comp from scratch, and instead of transferring my files and reinstalling windows, I'm finding it much easier to just use the old IDE drive as a boot drive.
     
    Jkyr12, Jan 21, 2010
    #10
  11. ddp

    ddp Moderator Staff Member

    Joined:
    Oct 15, 2004
    Messages:
    39,167
    Likes Received:
    136
    Trophy Points:
    143
    if old drive has windows from old motherboard then you might want to reload windows as you'll probably get bsod on new motherboard.
     
    ddp, Jan 21, 2010
    #11
  12. gary2005

    gary2005 Regular member

    Joined:
    Sep 17, 2005
    Messages:
    179
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    26
    you best off just using windows easy transfer
     
    gary2005, Jan 22, 2010
    #12

Share This Page