Hi. Ist time here so please bear with me. I have upgraded my PC and installing XP "clean".Basically I have a Intel® Desktop Board DP35DP and 3 SATA drives. The board has no floppy input but does not COME with the SATA drivers which are provided on a (you guessed it) Floppy Disc. The mobo instructions for installations are only AVAILABLE on line and I only have this one PC so I had none but it should be basic. I WOUND up installing XP with the bios set to IDE instead of SATA and now that I can get on line I see that this setting cannot be changed to SATA without crashing Windows. Intell does not suggest changing it. I have two Questions.
1- Does this reduce drive performance since different drivers are used.
http://www.intel.com/support/motherboards/desktop/sb/cs-020811.htm#pata
2- If the answer to 1 is yes how can I change to SATA? I really do not wish to start over with a
clean install if I can avoid it. Any suggestions will be greatly appreciated because I need all the speed I can get.
Intel« Core2 Quad Processor Q6600
Intel® Desktop Board DP35DP
1-300g Seagate Barracuda SATA (Boot Drive)
2-500g WD Caviar SATA drives.
1-250g WD Caviar IDE drive (old boot drive from older mobo also XP.)
Windows XP pro 32bit SP2 version 2002

Kahoona
Copy the Seagate drivers to a CD.
Re-install XP. Very early on in the setup you will see a prompt "F6 for SATA/RAID drivers"
At this point put in the CD and point XP there...
After the SATA drivers are installed replace the XP CD to continue.Dang you Patio, beat me to it.

Patio's right though, you're gonna need to reinstall XP with the drives set properly. I don't think there is any other easier way.Only by 1.2 seconds.....

OK I have to just grin and bear it and reinstall XP. Do you think I can do a repair or upgrade install and not have to start over?
KahoonaNo matter what you decide to do you will have to follow the above procedure for Windows to recognise the SATA drive...