TSGL: Moving to a new HD?

[John S]

Gene wrote:
> On Saturday, February 10, 2007, 7:12:23 PM, Orf Bartrop wrote:
>> As it turned out he discovered he had two SATA connections that
>> weren't being used and his problem is now solved.
> Boy, it sure is solved! Better than I could have hoped. Thanks
> again to all you guys.
>> What he can now do is use the original "C" drive to back up his "D"
>> drive, which he has stated he will do, and instal a second faster
>> SATA drive to back up his "C" drive.
> <SNIP>
Gene and Orf,
Thank you both for your follow up responses - sure looks like Gene is 
cooking with gas now - good stuff.

Orf, as yet your full message, to the snippets above left in by Gene, 
has not come through the TSGL system to me yet as I write this.  Have 
since recovered the full message text from TSGL Archives.  I had no 
problems with what you described in the latter part of your previous 
message pertaining to your situation - it made an interesting read.  If 
it works for you and you are comfortable with it then go for it.
 Yes, I realise there are more than one way to skin a cat when it comes 
to connected devices - motherboard make and model specs are always handy 
to help us make judgments / suggested paths to follow etc.

Re 'aging' mobos, I have a PC here with what I'd call an aging mainboard 
that came out when dual core processors first arrived, yet, it allows 
one to directly connect 10 HD and or optical drives (in combination) 
internally fixed or racked without doing anything fancy.

It certainly does pay to keep one's mainboard user manuals for future 
reference for ideas on various mods and upgrades etc.  It has certainly 
paid off for Gene in this instance and has allowed him to get what he 
wants and more to boot (pun intended) all that for a very economical 
investment.

It's great to see that Gene is now as happy as.... ;-)  way to go Gene !!!

Best... ~ John S.