Serial and Parallel ATA Drive Guidelines and Features

4.9 Mixed Devices Boot and Drive Letter Ordering

SATA Emulation

 

HDD Boot and Drive
Hard Drive OrderLetter Ordering

Separate IDE Controller

A. Integrated SATA

(default). Used with Windows

B. Integrated IDE

2000 and XP.

 

A1. SATA 0

A2. SATA 2

A3. SATA 1

A4. SATA 3

B1. IDE Device 0

B2. IDE Device 1

Separate IDE Controller. Used

A. Integrated IDE

A1. IDE Device 0

with Windows 2000 and XP.

B. Integrated SATA

A2. IDE Device 1

 

 

B1. SATA 0

 

 

B2. SATA 2

 

 

B3. SATA 1

 

 

B4. SATA 3

 

 

 

Combined with IDE

A. Integrated SATA

A1. SATA 0

Controller. Used with

B. Integrated IDE

A2. SATA 2

Windows 9x, NT, and Linux.

 

B1. IDE Device 0

 

 

 

 

B2. IDE Device 1

 

 

 

Combined with IDE

A. Integrated IDE

A1. IDE Device 0

Controller. Used with

B. Integrated SATA

A2. IDE Device 1

Windows 9x, NT, and Linux.

 

B1. SATA 0

 

 

 

 

B2. SATA 2

 

 

 

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