HP dc5100 - Microtower PC - Mixed Devices Boot and Drive Letter Ordering

4–12 376220-001 Service Reference Guide, dc5100
Serial and Parallel ATA Drive Guidelines and Features
4.7 Mixed Devices Boot and Drive Letter Ordering
SATA Emulation* Hard Drive Order
HDD Boot and Drive
Letter Ordering
Separate IDE Controller
(default). Used with Windows
2000 and XP.
A. Integrated SATA
B. Integrated IDE
A1. SATA 0
A2. SATA 2
A3. SATA 1
A4. SATA 3
B1. IDE Device 0
B2. IDE Device 1
Separate IDE Controller. Used
with Windows 2000 and XP.
A. Integrated IDE
B. Integrated SATA
A1. IDE Device 0
A2. IDE Device 1
B1. SATA 0
B2. SATA 2
B3. SATA 1
B4. SATA 3
Combined with IDE
Controller. Used with
Windows 9x, NT, and Linux.
A. Integrated SATA
B. Integrated IDE
A1. SATA 0
A2. SATA 2
B1. IDE Device 0
B2. IDE Device 1
Combined with IDE
Controller. Used with
Windows 9x, NT, and Linux.
A. Integrated IDE
B. Integrated SATA
A1. IDE Device 0
A2. IDE Device 1
B1. SATA 0
B2. SATA 2
*Refer to section 4.3.2 for PATA attach sequence rules.