Serial ATA

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Tim Judd

Greetings.

I'm building a computer for a school project and for a friend -- my friend
will be using a 32-bit Windows XP Home Edition O/S. I know the SATA is a
new technology, and I currently have it priced as such.

What, if any, caveats or shortcomings can I *EXPECT* with using a SATA drive
with this O/S?

When, if applicable, will Windows XP Home Edition (32-bit edition) support
Serial ATA?

Replies to the newsgroup, please. I never check this account, ever since so
much spam. I'd love to talk about this, but I'm going to bed.
 
Windows XP will work with SATA hard drive. The major problems I have seen
is that some SATA drivers were bad and the drive was loosing the Windows.

Y.
 
Been using a Segate SATA, had no install problems. Enabled in the bios and
that was it. Works fine.
 
There should be no problems. WinXP is new enough that it contains
built-in support for SATA. If you had said Win95, or WinNT that would
be another story. And of course, a mobo with SATA connectors will have
SATA support in the bios. Just make sure you enable the SATA drive in
the bios, and make it the boot drive.
 
Byron Gibson said:
There should be no problems. WinXP is new enough that it contains
built-in support for SATA. If you had said Win95, or WinNT that would
be another story. And of course, a mobo with SATA connectors will have
SATA support in the bios. Just make sure you enable the SATA drive in
the bios, and make it the boot drive.
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Unfortunatately, this is not true. WinXP does not have drivers built in for
all of this. And some MOBO with SATA connectors require addon drivers during
Windows installation. Your best bet is to read the manual that comes with
your mainboard for complete instructions on getting it installed correctly.

MarkS
 
Nick Burns said:
I did not need any drivers other than the ones that came with xp for SATA.
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It really depends on the mainboard and chipset. As I said, the best best is
to read the manual that comes with. My board, for example (the Asus P4PE)
requires drivers from a floppy. Newer boards using the 865 and 875 chips may
not require any additional drivers

MarkS
 
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