Noob question about setting up internal HD

[da233]

I have 2 sata ports on my mobo, one is being used by my current HD. I just ordered a second one and I was wondering if there's such thing as primary/secondary sata ports? Or are they all the same, doesn't matter which I plug the new HD into (I want the new HD to be the "main" HD)

Do I just need to set the boot order in bios and that's it?

Second question: My new HD is a 3.0 sata but my motherboard only supports 1.5
Do I need to do something with the jumpers or is that not necessary? Should just be able to work right out of the box?

 

[nitrobass24]

It will work out of the box, dont mess with the jumpers.
What do you mean your main drive? Do you plan on cloning your existing drive to it? or reinstalling the OS to the new drive?

What drive is it BTW?

 

[da233]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136319

I meant Primary drive. I know for the IDE drives you have to set up the master/slave thing, but is there a similar thing for these 2 sata ports I have on my mobo? Or does it not matter which drives are plugged into whichever port?

I plan on installing Windows 7 to the new drive.

 

[nitrobass24]

No there is not primary/secondary with SATA.

Just plug it in and install windows 7 beta to it....pretty straightforward

 

[da233]

On a different note, is it necessary to unplug my current HD when installing the W7 to the new hard drive? Or will setting the boot order be enough to avoid any kind of weird conflict?

 

[nitrobass24]

nope dont worry about it