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Why are my IDE drives SCSI?
I have 2 hard drives and 2 cd drives and all are IDE. But when I look at the
properties of all 4 drives they all say SCSI. I have the usual set up HD1 is in location 0 primary master HD2 is in location 1 primary slave CD1 is in location 0 secondary master CD2 is in location 1 secondary slave. Is this something I should worry about? I thought IDE is better than SCSI? Does anyone know how I can change them back to IDE? thanks Gary |
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Why are my IDE drives SCSI?
It is NOT referring the physical interface BUT rather the commands
controlling the device. -- Jonah "Gary" wrote in message ... I have 2 hard drives and 2 cd drives and all are IDE. But when I look at the properties of all 4 drives they all say SCSI. I have the usual set up HD1 is in location 0 primary master HD2 is in location 1 primary slave CD1 is in location 0 secondary master CD2 is in location 1 secondary slave. Is this something I should worry about? I thought IDE is better than SCSI? Does anyone know how I can change them back to IDE? thanks Gary |
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Why are my IDE drives SCSI?
IDE stands for Integrated Drive Electronics. This refers to a type of hard
disk drive and thus an interface [or connector] for that type of device. SCSI stands for Small Computer Systems Interface. This refers to a type of hard disk drive and thus an interface [or connector] for that type of device. AN IDE device cannot connect to a SCSI interface and vice versa. There is no way BIOS or Windows could confuse the two device types. A SCSI disk drive typically has a faster data transfer rate compared with an IDE drive of the same time period. As with IDE [EIDE] both standards have seen increases in performance since their introduction. SCSI disks are standard in most 'intel' Servers and RISC servers and Apple PCs! "Sleepless in Seattle" wrote: It is NOT referring the physical interface BUT rather the commands controlling the device. -- Jonah "Gary" wrote in message ... I have 2 hard drives and 2 cd drives and all are IDE. But when I look at the properties of all 4 drives they all say SCSI. I have the usual set up HD1 is in location 0 primary master HD2 is in location 1 primary slave CD1 is in location 0 secondary master CD2 is in location 1 secondary slave. Is this something I should worry about? I thought IDE is better than SCSI? Does anyone know how I can change them back to IDE? thanks Gary |
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Why are my IDE drives SCSI?
That information is fine, but not revelant to the situation. If you hook an IDE hard drive to an
add-in controller such as a Promise card the drive will appear in the Device Manager as SCSI not IDE, this is normal behavior (Why, I don't know but this is the way they appear). The origianl posters motherboard may have an imbedded controller chipset that may do the same thing as I have seen many motherboard with a promise chip on the board itself. -- Dave Vair CNE, CNA, MCP, A+, N+ Computer Education Services Corp. (CESC) "BAR" wrote in message ... IDE stands for Integrated Drive Electronics. This refers to a type of hard disk drive and thus an interface [or connector] for that type of device. SCSI stands for Small Computer Systems Interface. This refers to a type of hard disk drive and thus an interface [or connector] for that type of device. AN IDE device cannot connect to a SCSI interface and vice versa. There is no way BIOS or Windows could confuse the two device types. A SCSI disk drive typically has a faster data transfer rate compared with an IDE drive of the same time period. As with IDE [EIDE] both standards have seen increases in performance since their introduction. SCSI disks are standard in most 'intel' Servers and RISC servers and Apple PCs! "Sleepless in Seattle" wrote: It is NOT referring the physical interface BUT rather the commands controlling the device. -- Jonah "Gary" wrote in message ... I have 2 hard drives and 2 cd drives and all are IDE. But when I look at the properties of all 4 drives they all say SCSI. I have the usual set up HD1 is in location 0 primary master HD2 is in location 1 primary slave CD1 is in location 0 secondary master CD2 is in location 1 secondary slave. Is this something I should worry about? I thought IDE is better than SCSI? Does anyone know how I can change them back to IDE? thanks Gary |
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Why are my IDE drives SCSI?
BTW: This is off topic! SCSI is much better than IDE. SCSI can handle
multiple commands to multiple drives at the same time. IDE must stop all reads/writes if you are trying to access the second drive on the IDE channel (Master or Slave drives). "Gary" wrote in message ... I have 2 hard drives and 2 cd drives and all are IDE. But when I look at the properties of all 4 drives they all say SCSI. I have the usual set up HD1 is in location 0 primary master HD2 is in location 1 primary slave CD1 is in location 0 secondary master CD2 is in location 1 secondary slave. Is this something I should worry about? I thought IDE is better than SCSI? Does anyone know how I can change them back to IDE? thanks Gary |
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Why are my IDE drives SCSI?
Right on, Mr. Vair, i had this very same unusual situation in XP when I
hooked my IDE to the connector..... It took me forever to get an explanation. Nice to know there are knowledgeable people like yourself to very simply explain this anomaly; it was an a7v Asus board I had awhile back as I remember it... "David Vair" wrote in message ... That information is fine, but not revelant to the situation. If you hook an IDE hard drive to an add-in controller such as a Promise card the drive will appear in the Device Manager as SCSI not IDE, this is normal behavior (Why, I don't know but this is the way they appear). The origianl posters motherboard may have an imbedded controller chipset that may do the same thing as I have seen many motherboard with a promise chip on the board itself. -- Dave Vair CNE, CNA, MCP, A+, N+ Computer Education Services Corp. (CESC) "BAR" wrote in message ... IDE stands for Integrated Drive Electronics. This refers to a type of hard disk drive and thus an interface [or connector] for that type of device. SCSI stands for Small Computer Systems Interface. This refers to a type of hard disk drive and thus an interface [or connector] for that type of device. AN IDE device cannot connect to a SCSI interface and vice versa. There is no way BIOS or Windows could confuse the two device types. A SCSI disk drive typically has a faster data transfer rate compared with an IDE drive of the same time period. As with IDE [EIDE] both standards have seen increases in performance since their introduction. SCSI disks are standard in most 'intel' Servers and RISC servers and Apple PCs! "Sleepless in Seattle" wrote: It is NOT referring the physical interface BUT rather the commands controlling the device. -- Jonah "Gary" wrote in message ... I have 2 hard drives and 2 cd drives and all are IDE. But when I look at the properties of all 4 drives they all say SCSI. I have the usual set up HD1 is in location 0 primary master HD2 is in location 1 primary slave CD1 is in location 0 secondary master CD2 is in location 1 secondary slave. Is this something I should worry about? I thought IDE is better than SCSI? Does anyone know how I can change them back to IDE? thanks Gary |
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Why are my IDE drives SCSI?
Gary wrote:
I have 2 hard drives and 2 cd drives and all are IDE. But when I look at the properties of all 4 drives they all say SCSI. I have the usual set up HD1 is in location 0 primary master HD2 is in location 1 primary slave This arises when a drive has an added extra driver file - such as the cdfs one for CD drives, which normally show as SCSI. It is odd for a plain hard drive though. -- Alex Nichol MS MVP (Windows Technologies) Bournemouth, U.K. (remove the D8 bit) |
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Why are my IDE drives SCSI?
So, does that mean I haven't got a problem then?
"David Vair" wrote in message ... That information is fine, but not revelant to the situation. If you hook an IDE hard drive to an add-in controller such as a Promise card the drive will appear in the Device Manager as SCSI not IDE, this is normal behavior (Why, I don't know but this is the way they appear). The origianl posters motherboard may have an imbedded controller chipset that may do the same thing as I have seen many motherboard with a promise chip on the board itself. -- Dave Vair CNE, CNA, MCP, A+, N+ Computer Education Services Corp. (CESC) "BAR" wrote in message ... IDE stands for Integrated Drive Electronics. This refers to a type of hard disk drive and thus an interface [or connector] for that type of device. SCSI stands for Small Computer Systems Interface. This refers to a type of hard disk drive and thus an interface [or connector] for that type of device. AN IDE device cannot connect to a SCSI interface and vice versa. There is no way BIOS or Windows could confuse the two device types. A SCSI disk drive typically has a faster data transfer rate compared with an IDE drive of the same time period. As with IDE [EIDE] both standards have seen increases in performance since their introduction. SCSI disks are standard in most 'intel' Servers and RISC servers and Apple PCs! "Sleepless in Seattle" wrote: It is NOT referring the physical interface BUT rather the commands controlling the device. -- Jonah "Gary" wrote in message ... I have 2 hard drives and 2 cd drives and all are IDE. But when I look at the properties of all 4 drives they all say SCSI. I have the usual set up HD1 is in location 0 primary master HD2 is in location 1 primary slave CD1 is in location 0 secondary master CD2 is in location 1 secondary slave. Is this something I should worry about? I thought IDE is better than SCSI? Does anyone know how I can change them back to IDE? thanks Gary |
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