sata drive help

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hello users...i have an asus p4p800e deluxe mobo...also supports raid
drives...i have an IDE western digi 160 GB...I would like to know if I could
use a sata drive just for storage,...I don not want to install an O.S. in the
sata...Only to boot from my IDE...I'm using xp...I have done some reasarch
and I learned that since its only for storage I won;t need to make raid
volume ,,,Is it true....please help me before I do my installation on
monday....and also do I need to configure it on the Bios Screen before I do
the harware part...many thanks to everybody...

 

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On 05/12/2004 alwin J.C wrote:

> hello users...i have an asus p4p800e deluxe mobo...also supports raid
> drives...i have an IDE western digi 160 GB...I would like to know if
> I could use a sata drive just for storage,...I don not want to
> install an O.S. in the sata...Only to boot from my IDE...I'm using
> xp...I have done some reasarch and I learned that since its only for
> storage I won;t need to make raid volume ,,,Is it true....please help
> me before I do my installation on monday....and also do I need to
> configure it on the Bios Screen before I do the harware part...many
> thanks to everybody...

You can use a SATA drive in the same way as a PATA ('old' ide) drive as
long as you install the drivers that come with the mobo. If you don't
install the drivers until after XP is installed the SATA drive will use
the next available drive letter, but you can change this once it's
installed.

If you have a floppy you can put the SATA drivers on the floppy and
then press 'F6' at the beginning of the install when XP will pick up
the drivers during the install. A lot of PC's don't have floppies any
more though.

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Jeff Gaines Damerham Hampshire UK
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