Alright, so all the parts arrived, and everything I want from my old PC is in the new one...
The drive situation is as follows:
Serial ATA -> Raptor 74 (unformatted)
CD-R -> Master, IDE1
DVD-R -> Slave, IDE1
WD120 IDE -> PCI Card slot 1 master (Windows XP installed)
IBM IDE -> PCI Card slot 2 master (data)
Now, if I boot with everything attached except the HD with WinXP already installed (I'm going to reinstall XP anyway), everything seems to work and be detected, and it says there's no boot device. (obviously)
My questions are though, when I install XP on the Raptor, and then reconnect the WD120 drive:
a) Will there be a conflict?
b) Serial ATA automatically takes dominance over IDE, right?
c) Even so, will the PCI card override the Serial ATA since it happens after the BIOS detects connected drives?
I just want to make sure I can install XP on the Raptor, and then connect the old WD120 drive again, and everything will be smooth with no data loss.
Thanks in advance.
The drive situation is as follows:
Serial ATA -> Raptor 74 (unformatted)
CD-R -> Master, IDE1
DVD-R -> Slave, IDE1
WD120 IDE -> PCI Card slot 1 master (Windows XP installed)
IBM IDE -> PCI Card slot 2 master (data)
Now, if I boot with everything attached except the HD with WinXP already installed (I'm going to reinstall XP anyway), everything seems to work and be detected, and it says there's no boot device. (obviously)
My questions are though, when I install XP on the Raptor, and then reconnect the WD120 drive:
a) Will there be a conflict?
b) Serial ATA automatically takes dominance over IDE, right?
c) Even so, will the PCI card override the Serial ATA since it happens after the BIOS detects connected drives?
I just want to make sure I can install XP on the Raptor, and then connect the old WD120 drive again, and everything will be smooth with no data loss.
Thanks in advance.