Thread: Going SATA
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Old 06-10-2009, 11:14 AM   #5 (permalink)
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Default Re: Going SATA

Well, I do believe that if you share an IDE cable the faster device will slow down to match the speed of the slower device. It's never recommended to have a HDD on a shared cable, even with another HDD.
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