ATA133 on a ATA100 chipset??

[Gait_Keeper]

I want to add a second hard drive to my machine, found a good deal on a Maxor ultra *Mb cache, 7200rpm 80GB ATA133, retail box
I should read before I buy.
My existing drive ( keeping it the master ) 40GB 7200rpm ATA100
want to put the maxtor on the same IDE ribbon.
will it work or do I need an ATA100 drive

speed not really and issue, I have thousands of MP3's, backing up my entire cd collecion

K7S5A v.1.0
SIS 735 Chipset
AMD 1800+ (running at 1527MHz sice day one )
512Mb DDR
40GB HD ATA100 ( C, D, E )
16x DVD
16x10x40 Burner
GeForce2 64Mb MX/MX400
SB Live 128PCI
Linksys 10/100 fast ethernet
300w PSU
Win98se

[Amgis]

It will work, the Maxtor will just run at ATA100 speeds, however.

There is no noticeable speed difference between ATA133 and ATA100 speeds, except in benchmarks. Modern IDE hard drives typically read/write at maximum 40-60 MB/s and have a hard time saturating even the ATA100 cable.

[vass0922]

I have a maxtor ata133 running on an ata66 controller (same cable as the ata66 as well), they're made to be backwards compatible

[Gait_Keeper]

Ok thanx guys/gals

I will be installing, formatting, and partitioning tonight!

I'm glad I didn't have to return it, $40 brand new in the box

Oh yeah, what do you recommed ; FDISK, or partition magic?

I did this on my other machine about a year ago and I FDISKed
The disk that comes with the drive does the same thing.
I'm leaning toward Partition magic

[Nighthawk]

For Win98, I'd just use the setup disk that came with it. Less chance to mess things up that way

Otherwise, I'd just fdisk and format it.

[Kuasimodem]

MaxBlast3

It supports file formats for almost an OS, and partitions & formats in no time at all