IDE vs. SATA

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turnover
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IDE vs. SATA

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according to the manual they recommend SATA, SAS, and SCSI over IDE. yet when creating a new machine/HD IDE is the default? What am I missing?
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Re: IDE vs. SATA

Post by frank »

The default depends on the OS type you select. Older guests will not work properly with SATA. Relatively recent Linux distributions and Windows > Win XP (should work even with Windows XP but special guest drivers required) should work fine.
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