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    Can they be mixed. My C drive (Primary) is a SATA and am looking to add a second
    Dell Dual Core Pentium 3 GB Ram 500 GB (7200 rpm) SATA Drive 128 MB ATI Radeon Graphics (TV out & DVI) 16x DVD+/-RW Dual layer

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    yes they can. Assuming of course your board has both ide and sata ports.

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    Prob also worth mentioning that SATA is better (faster) if you can! (You can get a PCI SATA card very cheap if your mobo doesnt have SATA...

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