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Serial ATA HDD a wise choice?

Asked by aniston in Miscellaneous Hardware

Tags: sata, gigabyte, pata

My specs: Gigabyte GA-7VT600-PL Rev 1.0 motherboard, Athlon 2800+ Barton CPU, ATI Radeon 9800 Pro 128MB 256Bit AGP videocard, 30GB Maxtor, 40GB Maxtor, 768MB DDR Ram, Enermax EG-365P-VE 350W PSU, Windows XP Pro SP2.  

My 30GB and 40GB HDD PATA drives are making clicking noises and even creating Delay Write issues under Windows.  I figure its time to purchase a new HDD to replace at least the 40GB HDD which seems to be creating most of the problems.  My motherboard claims to support SATA drives but I'm a bit apprenhensive.

I ould like to keep the 30GB Maxtor ATA drive as my C: (where Windows XP sits) and install the new 200GB Maxtor SATA2 drive as my D:.  Is this possible or must i go either exclusive ATA or exclusive SATA?  My motherboard/chipset(Via KT600) only supports SATA version 1.0 i believe and the new 200GB Maxtor claims SATA2 which Im assuming is backwards compatible.

Another thing, I heard that when not within the Windows OS (so in DOS mode) the SATA drive will not be visible, so lets say I use a drive imaging program like Acronis True Image or even the Windows XP CDROM the drive will be non-existant making reinstalling or imaging a difficult task.  Is this true?

Lastly, if I had a choice between a SATA and ATA drive which would you purchase?  With SATA's advantages and disadvantages, is it still worth checking out over a ATA/133 drive?

Thank you.
 
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