Howdy!

"fred.do" wrote in message
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I intend to buy a "Maxtor Atlas 10k IV 36.7GB U320 SCA" from DABS.com for
£138 (http://www.dabs.com/products/prod-in...icklinx=2CJKWS)



1) Do Maxtor SCSI hard drives come with a:

a) SCSI PCI Adapter?

Most likely not at that price. An Ultra-320 controller will set you
back more than that.


b) SCSI Cable?

Again, I'd bet not. But ask DABS.




2) Is the installation of a SCSI hard drive similar to installing an IDE
hard drive?

Yes - and no. You go through the SCSI controller instead of the IDE
controller. But once the controller and drive see each other, the other
steps are the same.




3) Can I set the SCSI hard drive as C: drive and connect 2 other IDE hard
drives to the KT400 motherboard and have them act as D: and E: drives
respectively in Windows XP?

Depends on the motherboard, but it's a rare one that can't be set to
boot from SCSI first.

Since you didn't mention a manufacturer for the motherboard, I
couldn't verify, but I'd bet yes.

RwP