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Installing Serial ATA Drives
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<blockquote data-quote="bfx" data-source="post: 271514"><p>Quiet honesstly I don't know.</p><p></p><p>Best guess is that it shouldn't matter or cause any problem.</p><p></p><p>Several people I know run an OS X boot install on two or more hd's. BTW - that's somethimg that will bring most Windows PCs to their knees.</p><p></p><p>Both handy as a backup way to boot w/o hosing data files and as canary for testing new OS or app updates.</p><p></p><p>At update time update only one of the boot drives and work from it.</p><p></p><p>If no problems are found then you can update the second install as a current backup before installing the next round of updates.</p><p></p><p>If problems occur then you still have a working, stable hd to boot from.</p><p></p><p>Don't know what your plans are for the old SATA drive but, if it seems to be in god condition, you might consider leaving it in the system and refornatting and making it a backup boot drive.</p><p></p><p>Might not be as spiffy fast as the new SATAs but it's already paid for. </p><p></p><p>bfx</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="bfx, post: 271514"] Quiet honesstly I don't know. Best guess is that it shouldn't matter or cause any problem. Several people I know run an OS X boot install on two or more hd's. BTW - that's somethimg that will bring most Windows PCs to their knees. Both handy as a backup way to boot w/o hosing data files and as canary for testing new OS or app updates. At update time update only one of the boot drives and work from it. If no problems are found then you can update the second install as a current backup before installing the next round of updates. If problems occur then you still have a working, stable hd to boot from. Don't know what your plans are for the old SATA drive but, if it seems to be in god condition, you might consider leaving it in the system and refornatting and making it a backup boot drive. Might not be as spiffy fast as the new SATAs but it's already paid for. bfx [/QUOTE]
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