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DOS and SATA drives (intel ICH7R) (Announce)

posted by sol, 07.11.2007, 23:48

> I still use PATA drives (hadn't reason for upgrade). If I switch to SATA
> and enable compatability mode in SETUP, will run all my OSes, DOS, and
> system apps like before? I mean e.g. apps dealing with HDD like Norton

You shouldn't have any trouble even without "compatibility mode"; SATA was designed to be backwards compatible with regards to the OS, as far as I can tell.

The only issue is that you won't really be able to take advantage of the hardware. I think my best friend, Jack R. Ellis, has a driver covering most SATA implementations, though :)

You could search that out.

Complete thread:

• DOS and SATA drives (intel ICH7R) - RayeR, 07.11.2007, 23:38 (Announce)
  • DOS and SATA drives (intel ICH7R) - sol, 07.11.2007, 23:48
    • DOS and SATA drives (intel ICH7R) - Japheth, 08.11.2007, 08:54
      • DOS and SATA drives (intel ICH7R) - RayeR, 08.11.2007, 10:03
  • DOS and SATA drives (intel ICH7R). - Jack R. Ellis, 08.11.2007, 00:26
    • DOS and SATA drives (intel ICH7R). - sol, 08.11.2007, 00:40
  • Apologies to Martin. - Jack R. Ellis, 08.11.2007, 04:32
    • Apologies to Martin. - RayeR, 08.11.2007, 10:15