slaving a harddrive to another

[alen]

I wanted to ask what I need to do to slave one harddrive to another so I can copy data between them?  Do I need to change anything in the BIOS?  Both are SATA drives.  They're both formatted with XP pro, but I know I only need the operating system on one of them.  Does it matter which cable goes to which one and does it matter which cable plugs into which of the two sata plugs on the motherboard?  Do I need to do anything with the jumpers?

Thanks.

[Broni]

http://www.dtidata.com/resourcecenter/2007/04/23/how-to-slave-hard-drive/

[Computer Hope Admin]

Broni, don't think that link would work for him since he's doing SATA and the link is for PATA. SATA drives are not like PATA (IDE/EIDE) drives, so there is not a "slave" drive when it comes to a SATA drive, they all plug directly into the host adapter.

Do I need to change anything in the BIOS?

- No the BIOS will automatically detect SATA drives.

Both are SATA drives.  They're both formatted with XP pro, but I know I only need the operating system on one of them.  Does it matter which cable goes to which one and does it matter which cable plugs into which of the two sata plugs on the motherboard? 

- Plug the SATA drive you want to have with Windows (primary) in the first connection.

Do I need to do anything with the jumpers?

- No SATA jumpers are usually only used for factory settings.


* PS moving this to hardware since it's not network related.

[Computer_Commando]

...Both are SATA drives.  They're both formatted with XP pro, but I know I only need the operating system on one of them.../quote]
Set Boot Order in BIOS (CMOS Setup).

[Broni]

Broni, don't think that link would work for him since he's doing SATA and the link is for PATA. SATA drives are not like PATA (IDE/EIDE) drives, so there is not a "slave" drive when it comes to a SATA drive, they all plug directly into the host adapter.