Re: HD required on primary mobo IDE channel?
- From: "Gert B. Frob" <sbrentcarter@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 27 Jul 2005 18:16:31 -0700
"Papageno" <papageno@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> O Great Motherboard Gurus!
>
> I have an A7N8X Deluxe, and currently have a dual boot system: Win 98
> on a 60GB Maxtor connected to the primary IDE channel on the
> motherboard, and a 160GB HDD connected to an IDE channel on a Promise
> add-on PCI card.
>
> If I get a big-a** HDD to replace the 60GB drive, say a 200GB, then
> Win98 won't see it if connected to the mainboard, but it will if I
> connect it to the Promise PCI card.
>
> So basically, will my computer work fine if I buy a new big drive like
> that, transfer the current Win98SE FAT32 partition to a similar one on
> the new drive, reserve the rest for NTFS space, and connect the new
> drive to the add-on Promise card? That would leave nothing but optical
> drives hooked up to the mainboard--would that be all right?
>
> Many thanks in advance for any replies.
By the way, WIN98 will not be able to "see" NTFS partitions.
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