You need to install two SATA drives into a new computer system. What determines which drive has boot priority?
A) The jumpers on the drive
B) The location of the drive on the cable
C) The BIOS setting
D) The cable select option
E) The one that looks like more of a leader
The answer: C) The BIOS setting
With SATA drives, a single drive is connected to a single port on the motherboard. There are no cable settings or jumpers required to set priorities. You can change the boot priority of the drives from the configuration options in your PC’s BIOS.
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