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I am about to build a new PC for the first time in five years. I will be
using XP for the first time and will also be using a new SATA hard drive.
Through using google, I have ascertained that I need to have the mobo's SATA
driver on a floppy disk ready to install at the F6 prompt. However, I am
under the impression that the hard drive needs to have been partitioned
and/or formatted prior to this. Can this be done by using a winME start-up
disk and later converting the disk to ntfs format? Or can this all be done
by the XP set-up?
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I am about to build a new PC for the first time in five years. I will be
using XP for the first time and will also be using a new SATA hard drive.
Through using google, I have ascertained that I need to have the mobo's SATA
driver on a floppy disk ready to install at the F6 prompt. However, I am
under the impression that the hard drive needs to have been partitioned
and/or formatted prior to this. Can this be done by using a winME start-up
disk and later converting the disk to ntfs format? Or can this all be done
by the XP set-up?
--
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
My life needs a rewind/erase button.
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
---
Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free.
Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com).
Version: 6.0.693 / Virus Database: 454 - Release Date: 31/05/2004