I just built an ASUS barebones T1 with a Celeron 2.66 and 1gig memory. I set up the SATA hd and installed Windows XP Pro and added applications. I thought I could add my old drive by getting an external case connected by USB and use my old drive that way but found out, apparently, that is wrong. So I decided to make a bracket out of some aluminum to get the bottom of the drive off the bare metal and put the old IDE drive (which is a 80 gig DiamondMax Plus 9 w/jumper set to master) in the second optical drive bay. I hooked it up with the power and ribbon connectors. So, when I boot up and go into BIOS, both drives are recognized but when I ask to to continue to install in either safe mode or regular, it will not go.
First, is it possible to use the drives with the same operating system on both?
Second, is there a way to solve this by telling the BIOS which drive is to be the master? I have read remarks saying that with SATA and PATA in this unit, you do not need to have a master.
Any other comments about the setup will be appreciated.
Also, this is my first post as I just registered and I put my full name as my ID. I tried to go into my profile and change it but found no way. Is this possible?
First, is it possible to use the drives with the same operating system on both?
Second, is there a way to solve this by telling the BIOS which drive is to be the master? I have read remarks saying that with SATA and PATA in this unit, you do not need to have a master.
Any other comments about the setup will be appreciated.
Also, this is my first post as I just registered and I put my full name as my ID. I tried to go into my profile and change it but found no way. Is this possible?