Since your older computer was not originally designed to use SATA, I think
you'll have fewer overall problems if you buy another IDE harddrive. SATA
is NOT a simple install.

--
DaveW



"Jack Gillis" <XXXXXXXX@widomaker.com> wrote in message
news:11dmvptsiuljm1c@corp.supernews.com...
> Please tolerate my ignorance on this.
>
> I have two, small by today's standards, IDE drives connected to my IDE
> channel 1 as master and slave. The master has two partitions. C has
> Windows XP and applications and D is used for Data. The slave is for
> backups and archives. I am running out of space on the slave and want to
> replace it with a larger drive, perhaps 100g or so.
>
> BTW, Channel 2 has a DVD reader and a CD Burner.
>
> Since SATA seems the wave of the near future the replacement will probably
> be a SATA. Now my questions.
>
> 1. Will I need a separate controller card for the SATA?
>
> 2. How do I connect the power to the SATA since, as I understand it, the
> power connection is not the usual Molex type connector found comming
> from the power supply?
>
> Thank you very much.
>