Hi all, please forgive me if this has been asked 100 times before. Just joined this board and after googling this question a thousand times and seeing topics 3 yrs or older I felt I need to ask you all.
I am in the process of building a new system. I bought an ASUS Crosshair mobo which has 6 Sata controllers and 1 IDE controller. I plan on putting a AMD 64 X2 5000 processor in it (when it comes available with a decent price tag).
My system I have now, I only have IDE drives installed. I have my main and a secondary I use for storage and video editing. I would like to have the same set-up I am currently using with the SATA Drives rather than IDE. The mobo only having 1 IDE port I would need that for my optical drives.
Well, I have been reading about having to use the F6 function in order for the OS to be installed on the SATA Drive. I plan on using XP 64 bit for the install. What I am wondering is, even after a few years of SATA being out do I still need to do this? It would seem that after all this time with these new drives we would be able to install windows without using the out-dated floppy (which I don't own) on newer systems. I don't know, maybe since all the info I have read is rather old it has changed.
If someone could tell me if I would be able to plug in the SATA drive and do a normal OS install without having to go through the whole process of making a floppy disk I would be happy. Just seems to me that the newer systems would allow you to run a SATA drive without the headaches. Any input would be highly appreciated. Thanks for your time.
Marv
I am in the process of building a new system. I bought an ASUS Crosshair mobo which has 6 Sata controllers and 1 IDE controller. I plan on putting a AMD 64 X2 5000 processor in it (when it comes available with a decent price tag).
My system I have now, I only have IDE drives installed. I have my main and a secondary I use for storage and video editing. I would like to have the same set-up I am currently using with the SATA Drives rather than IDE. The mobo only having 1 IDE port I would need that for my optical drives.
Well, I have been reading about having to use the F6 function in order for the OS to be installed on the SATA Drive. I plan on using XP 64 bit for the install. What I am wondering is, even after a few years of SATA being out do I still need to do this? It would seem that after all this time with these new drives we would be able to install windows without using the out-dated floppy (which I don't own) on newer systems. I don't know, maybe since all the info I have read is rather old it has changed.
If someone could tell me if I would be able to plug in the SATA drive and do a normal OS install without having to go through the whole process of making a floppy disk I would be happy. Just seems to me that the newer systems would allow you to run a SATA drive without the headaches. Any input would be highly appreciated. Thanks for your time.
Marv
If you do not have a floppy drive for temporary purposes, you can use an external USB floppy. It sounds rediculous, but its still the only way aside from slipstreaming your XP install disc. That's a whole other bag of tricks though and I'd recommend using n-lite for an easy preparation. 
