Does moving a hdd to a different sata and power connection matter?

[Calin Scott Pierce]

Does moving a hdd to a different sata and power connection matter?

 

[Tyler Ishee]

not really. either windows will give it a new drive letter or you might have to change something manually, but it won't break anything really. at least not in my experiences.

 

[Calin Scott Pierce]

Okay wanted to make sure before I move my drives. I want to put my 4tb where my 1tb is

 

[Bryan Martillan]

Not really. But in laptops, especially when you are using an ssd, it does matters.

 

[Graham Smith]

Yes it does! Make sure you're plugging the drive into a 6GB/s SATA port. Some boards have both 3GB/s and 6GB/s ports. Refer to your manual for better info.

 

[Graham Smith]

Also. make sure you have your BIOS set to AHCI mode. It significantly improves the read/write performance of the drive.

 

[Calin Scott Pierce]

Pretty sure all 6 ports my board has are 6gb

 

[Geronimo Forbes]

No. At least the power connection doesn't matter