Serial ATA Installation

[Sam]

I am replacing my old IDE hard drive with a new Serial ATA 80GB Hard Disk.
My motherboard can support Serial ATA, and I understand how to get the hard
drive working etc. but I have a few questions that I wondered if you could
answer about Windows XP interaction with Serial ATA drives.

Firstly, I am only setting up one Serial ATA hard disk, which will be the
only hard disk connected to the computer. I will be installating XP Home on
the computer. What 'extra' things will I need to do when setting up Windows
XP with Serial ATA.

P.S.
With my motherboard came a floppy disk containing the serial ata raid
drivers. Also came a CD with MSI's serial ata raid utility for windows.
Just thought these details might help.

Thanks

 

[Worren]

-----Original Message-----
I am replacing my old IDE hard drive with a new Serial ATA 80GB Hard Disk.
My motherboard can support Serial ATA, and I understand how to get the hard
drive working etc. but I have a few questions that I wondered if you could
answer about Windows XP interaction with Serial ATA drives.

Firstly, I am only setting up one Serial ATA hard disk, which will be the
only hard disk connected to the computer. I will be installating XP Home on
the computer. What 'extra' things will I need to do when setting up Windows
XP with Serial ATA.

P.S.
With my motherboard came a floppy disk containing the serial ata raid
drivers. Also came a CD with MSI's serial ata raid utility for windows.
Just thought these details might help.

Thanks

--
Sam


.
From what I've seen, mobos that support SATA have an

option in the bios to enable SATA boot. Disable what
you're not using and don't install that raid driver unless
you're going with a raid setup. Win XP should pick up the
SATA bootable hard drive with no extra effort on your part.

 

[Scripter]

Great, thanks, I didn't know whether to put in the disk but you have
answered my question.

Thanks

 

[Scripter]

This is Sam posting from another pc by the way!