XP SATA install question. It's been about 4 years since I built my last PC which had all IDE optical and hard drives. I have ordered the parts for my new PC build which will be based on an an Intel DP35DP motherboard I have decided to upgrade to all SATA...

SATA and install question. Hello, I have 2 36gb raptor drives. I wanted to install xp on one of the drives. But everytime I go to install it during the setup, it tells me that the drive does not have a "windows xp compatible partition". Ummm. ATA100 drives...

XP installation, hard drives question. Hello I have two hard disks in my computer, one Seagate SATA 120 GB, and another maxtor ide 80 gb I want to install XP on the SATA because its a faster disk. When I start to install XP I have to put the diskette...

you will have one functional Windows installation that you can use to repair the other one. Note: On my systems (when using a single drive), I now make this the default Windows installation (instead of the one in Drive C), the reason I do this is because...

question is the following. If I have connected the IDE disk and the SATA disk and I tell windows to install itself on the sata disk, it assigns the drive letter "c" to the ide this and "d" to the sata and it installs XP on "d" drive(sata). To avoid that(...

integrating 3rd party drivers in my winxp iso file. I have a little question for you guys. Is it possible to put all my drivers (nvidia system drivers, nvidia graphic card driver, sounblaster live 24bit driver, s-ata for the install, directx9c or latest?)...

linux support SATA when installing? Also: Recommend any Media center replacement software that works with hauppage? Keep in mind I have never installed anything on linux before. Thanks for your time guys. . Before you read: I know there is much resources...

depending on how fresh the XP install is, my question still stands at what SP she has installed, and latest drivers for the chipset of the board, in order for XP to use Sata and IDE HD. This is the board replacement she got if you go back and read the post:...

has a different situation. I did learn alot though :) I haven't built a PC since the Cyrix days !! I'm buying components for a new build (Conroe, of course) and while thinking through the installation, i have a question about connecting a previous hard drive....

harddrives. I've got a feeling we're missing something about the "broken" drive... System Information Kit Installed: 7.8.0.1012 Kit Install History: 7.8.0.1012 Shell Version: 7.8.0.1013 OS Name: Microsoft Windows XP Professional OS Version: 5.1.2600...