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Hi you must have a OS on the hard drive and select the hard in the bois

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Q: What must you have to boot from IDE hard drive?
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If you had an IDE hard drive and a SCSI hard drive on the same system from which drive will you system attempt to boot first?

You should be able to select the boot order from the bios, check the order in the bios


What must an IDE hard drive have in order for an AGP slot?

The IDE drive has no direct correlation to the AGP bus.


A system boots from a scsi drive an ide hard disk has been added to the system and the system will no longer boot what is the cause?

Check the boot order list. The first boot device should your SCSI drive. When you added the ide disk your BIOS made it the first in the list. That's why you cannot boot your pc.


What standard must an ide bus controller and CD-ROM drive support in order to boot from CD?

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What are the advantages of an IDE hard drive?

The only advantage of using a IDE hard drive is maximum compatibility. It appears that SATA hard drives have a lot more advantages than an IDE hard drive.


Can you replace eide hard drive with a sata hard drive?

No. IDE Hard Drive cannot be replaced with a Sata Hard Drive because the connectors are different. example. if you have sata hard drive installed on your machine. and you purchase IDE Hard drive. you won't be able to install the IDE hard drive where the Sata hard drive was because the IDE connectors are a different shape and size towards the Sata hard drive connectors.


Can you use an ide hard drive cable on a pata hard drive?

yes. pata and ide are the same thing.


What is the smallest storage access unit on an ide hard drive?

The smallest storage access unit on an IDE hard drive is a sector.


Where is the IDE hard drive stored?

The IDE hard drive is stored in the hard-drive bay of a computer case by screwing it on. This bay also houses SATA and other types of hard drives.


Why would a computer with 1 hard drive and windows xp at random think that it doesn't have a hard drive at boot up?

Usually either a faulty system board with a failing ide bus or scsi or sata bus depending on what kind of hard-drive you are using or a fault cable connecting the hard-drive or the hard-drive itself.


What is the IDE channel to connect hard drives?

The best IDE channel to connect on a hard drive is the Primary IDE channel, Also known as IDE 1 in dell computers


What is an IDE hard disk drive?

Quote from a Google search: IDE (Integrated Drive Electronics) is a standard electronic interface used between a computer motherboard's data paths or bus and the computer's disk storage devices.