JakeC wrote:

Hi there!

Lo here!!!

I would like to upgrade my PC to a Intel Core 2. However, I've found
so far that I may have problems with hard drives that I'm using. Right now I have two 200GB IDE
HD, one CD-RW and one DVD-RW. If the motherboards
for Core 2 only have one IDE/PATA connector and a SATA connector, then
what options do I have to keep my two HDs, CD and DVD drives in the new PC?

Get a motherboard with more than one IDE port.
Get an IDE card for the new PC, they dont cost much.
Get IDE/SATA converters for the two hard drives.
Put the hard drives in external housings that connect using USB2.
Stop using the CD-RW and just use the DVD-RW and put the DVD-RW in an external housing.

I have never used SATA HD, and I would prefer not to re-install the OS and other programs.

You can clone the boot drive to a SATA HD.