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Install 2nd Hard Drive with different connectors and different OS.

I have an HP Pavilion with WDC WD10 EADS-65M2B1 SCSI Disk Device installed. The operating system for this device is Windows 7 Professional. I want to install a 2nd hard drive, the 80GB Samsung SP8004H SpinPoint with Windows XP but the connectors appear different. The Samsung HD used a ribbon like connector in the old CPU; I think the new CPU has SATA connectors. There is a four pronged female connector on the Samsung and an available four pronged male connector on the connectors in the new CPU. Can I use this connection; do I need some kind of adapter, or will this even work at all? Thank you.

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Yes you can use either sata power or molex(4 pin) plug to power your new SATA hard drive but not both at the same time.

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SATA drives are the latest hard drives available nowadays. You could try going online and checking other sites that could still have an IDE hard available for sale.

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