Solve : Problems installing sata hdd on ide system.?

1.	Solve : Problems installing sata hdd on ide system.?
Answer» I recently purchased a new Samsung 1tb hdd. It's a sata drive but the system I am installing it in uses IDE. I bought the appropriate converter, but everytime I attempt a boot up the machine it takes me to the screen that shows the emachine logo and the options "BOOT MENU " and "BIOS SETTINGS ". If i try to enter either screens it just freezes and does nothing. Iv'e even tried repeatedly hitting an option directly after pressing the on button but still nothing. If I unplug the drive it will automatically boot from the cd drive. What gives? The system itself is an emachines w3052 and originally had windows XP home edition. I am trying to install Ubuntu onto the drive.Quote from: revron on September 30, 2009, 05:12:17 PM I recently purchased a new Samsung 1tb hdd. It's a sata drive but the system I am installing it in uses IDE. I bought the appropriate converter... Please provide details on the converter and how it is connected.Here is the url to the adapter I purchased. http://cgi.ebay.com/Newest-2-5-3-5-Drive-SATA-to-ATA-IDE-Converter-Adapter_W0QQitemZ220486259077QQcmdZViewItemQQptZPCC_Drives_Storage_Internal?hash=item3356015185&_trksid=p4999.c0.m14#ht_3597wt_1166I had 1 similar to that and it would not function. Got a replacement and it wouldn't work either. Some are SATA to IDE and some are IDE to SATA. Others are bi-directional. Can't you get an IDE drive instead?I suppose I COULD but I have been unable to LOCATE an IDE drive this large. I suppose I could always get a sata card and install it with that while using a small IDE drive to store the os. Is this advisable?The largest IDE I have found is 500GB. If you really need a 1TB drive and it's for data storage, then what you suggest is feasible. OR get a bootable PCI-SATA controller card. I like the 2 drive plan better, keeping OS separate from data is adviseable.

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I recently purchased a new Samsung 1tb hdd. It's a sata drive but the system I am installing it in uses IDE. I bought the appropriate converter, but everytime I attempt a boot up the machine it takes me to the screen that shows the emachine logo and the options "BOOT MENU " and "BIOS SETTINGS ". If i try to enter either screens it just freezes and does nothing. Iv'e even tried repeatedly hitting an option directly after pressing the on button but still nothing. If I unplug the drive it will automatically boot from the cd drive. What gives? The system itself is an emachines w3052 and originally had windows XP home edition. I am trying to install Ubuntu onto the drive.Quote from: revron on September 30, 2009, 05:12:17 PM

I recently purchased a new Samsung 1tb hdd. It's a sata drive but the system I am installing it in uses IDE. I bought the appropriate converter...

Please provide details on the converter and how it is connected.Here is the url to the adapter I purchased.

http://cgi.ebay.com/Newest-2-5-3-5-Drive-SATA-to-ATA-IDE-Converter-Adapter_W0QQitemZ220486259077QQcmdZViewItemQQptZPCC_Drives_Storage_Internal?hash=item3356015185&_trksid=p4999.c0.m14#ht_3597wt_1166I had 1 similar to that and it would not function. Got a replacement and it wouldn't work either.
Some are SATA to IDE and some are IDE to SATA. Others are bi-directional.

Can't you get an IDE drive instead?I suppose I COULD but I have been unable to LOCATE an IDE drive this large. I suppose I could always get a sata card and install it with that while using a small IDE drive to store the os. Is this advisable?The largest IDE I have found is 500GB. If you really need a 1TB drive and it's for data storage, then what you suggest is feasible. OR get a bootable PCI-SATA controller card.

I like the 2 drive plan better, keeping OS separate from data is adviseable.

Solve : Problems installing sata hdd on ide system.?

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