IDE and SATA hard disk

I want to install my main OS into SATA, which i only have 1 sata HD currently. I assumed i have to set the pin to Master on the SATA HD. I want to ask should I keep my old IDE pin in Master position (right now typing this thread i have my main OS on the IDE pin set as Master (i didnt install the SATA hd yet, but i want to have my SATA as main HD)). so should i set my Sata HD pin to master and keep my IDE HD pin as master too? would it conflict each other?





thanks

SATA drives don't have master and slave jumpers.

why is installing windows vista on my SATA hd took so long and up to now it hasnt finish. the Completing Installation take forever to complete. what is causing my windows installation so long?

It shouldn't take that long, for me it hasn't taken longer then 40 minutes to complete the installation.



How long did it take you to complete the installation?

the installation is still running, it like stuck at 65% completed (the animation is still running, HDD LED activity is showing). I don't know why.



I have 2 IDE HDs connected to Primary IDE. primary IDE 0 is 'Master w/ Slave present' the other IDE's pin 'Device 1 (Slave).



the Sata HD is connected to SATA 1 on board.



is there a problem with this pin setting?



When i install windows vista, i choose to install in the SATA drive. Vista usually auto restart during installation. and when it restard. it try to load from the SATA drive, it say " BOOTMGR' missing.

See first things first- Did u give your priority for the SATA HDD in the BIOS?

Second- Boot Priority the DVD/CD ROM where u run the setup of Vista.



Select the drive/partition you want to install.

Thats it, it will work well.