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Profile: stranger
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Hi,

This is probably a stupid question, but i'm going to ask it anyway.

I'm building my dad a new computer and i'm looking at SATA dvd drives rather than the good old IDE.

With using a G31 motherboard, will the SATA drive automatically work with an XP boot cd for a new build?

I presume yes, but i just wanted to check...

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As long as your motherboard detects the SATA dvd drive and you can select it as being the 1st boot device.



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