I have installed a Western DIGITAL 1TB SATA Hard Drive. My motherboard only supports ATA as standard so I went out and purchased the Rosewill RC209 SATA Card so I can have the capability to run the SATA drive. The problem is the hard drive isnt being detected and I think it has to do with the SATA Card. The hard drive isnt detected by the BIOS, or anything else. I have tried running the Windows XP installation but it says there is no volume present. I have tried changing the boot sequence in the BIOS without success. I think part of the problem is I cant install drivers for the SATA card because I cant run floppy drives on my system. I want to be able to install an OS on the 1TB Sata drive and remove my old IDE drive. The problem is once I remove my old IDE drive I no longer can boot the system. It just freezes up. Im really stuck. Worst comes to worst I may just need to purchase a floppy drive and run drivers from the floppy disk that came with my Rosewill RC209 SATA Card. I just hope it doesnt come down to that. I also need to know one more thing. The SATA card I purchased can go up to 1.5GB/S. The 1TB WD Drive I purchased runs at 3.0GB/S. Will the drive just run at the highest speed supported by the SATA card or do I need to ADJUST jumper settings on the SATA drive( thought it wasnt necessary for SATA). Thanx for all your help!!!!MetalHeavyFreak6,Right up front i wish to claim a relatively low knowledge level re SATA issues. However i did have a similar situation with a SATA optical drive recently and as a result have learned a few things which might assist you. Sata unlike IDE devices only work on a single access cable.So there cannot be 2 or more on the same cable. The fact that the card you purchased will only process at approximately half the speed of your SATA device could be problematic. In the best case scenario you will lose half the speed of your drive as it will operate at the speed of the card. Worst case scenario it won't work at all. On that ISSUE i would call or email the card manufacturer and ask them what would be the result of the pairing of the 2 devices. On the absence of the ability to install drivers from a floppy: very inexpensive EXTERNAL USB connectable floppy drives are available. Alternatively if the data on the floppy that came with the card will allow you could transfer via another COMPUTER with a floppy drive the content of the floppy to a flash drive and use your flash drive usb port to install the drivers. I would personally want to check the issue of the different speeds with the manufacturer before putting out any new money. Hope this helps you,truenorth