John kopp
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Can you slave a usb3 drive?
I have a 128 6g/s ssd c:/ drive. I also have another spare 128 6g/s drive. I know that I can slave them together to make one 256 c:/ drive. The problem I have is I only have one 6d/s motherboard port. What is the best way to slave these drives together?
The motherboard also has a usb3 port. Can I use the spare ssd drive connected to the usb3 pot to slave that drive to the editor c:/ drive?
Also what is the best/cheapest way to slave these drives without erasing the data?
I hope this question is clear enough, if not please let me know.
Thanks
John
The motherboard also has a usb3 port. Can I use the spare ssd drive connected to the usb3 pot to slave that drive to the editor c:/ drive?
Also what is the best/cheapest way to slave these drives without erasing the data?
I hope this question is clear enough, if not please let me know.
Thanks
John
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Perhaps I used incorrect terms to explain my problem. By slave I should have used extend or merge to make two 128gps hard drives into one 256gps drive.
As far as a 6dps hard drive motherboard port I should have called it a sata III interface. 6ds was a typo should have been 6G/s
( SATA III (revision 3.x) interface, formally known as SATA 6Gb/s, is a third generation SATA interface running at 6.0Gb/s. The bandwidth throughput, which is supported by the interface, is up to 600MB/s. This interface is backwards compatible with SATA 3.0G/s interface)
I hope this clears this up
John :-)
As far as a 6dps hard drive motherboard port I should have called it a sata III interface. 6ds was a typo should have been 6G/s
( SATA III (revision 3.x) interface, formally known as SATA 6Gb/s, is a third generation SATA interface running at 6.0Gb/s. The bandwidth throughput, which is supported by the interface, is up to 600MB/s. This interface is backwards compatible with SATA 3.0G/s interface)
I hope this clears this up
John :-)
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Can a SATA III 6Gps interface drive be extended / merged with a SATA I or SATA II drive? Does that mean that the whole new single drive revert to the slower SATA I or Ii standard?
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John, any comment?
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The comments given by the respondents discuss the question asked and the general consensus is "No" and reasons given as to why "No".
Not quite sure what you mean here. You can RAID (not slave) drives to make one bigger drive. I don't know if that is what you mean. But you need two ports on the motherboard to do what you want.
Don't understand what you mean by 6d/s port? What brand motherboard is this? And what you intend will probably need removing all of your data and reinstalling.