Ok Sata...

[mmonnin]

I got an NF7 for Christmas but I have yet to use the SATA controller on the motherboard. So I decide to finally hook up the Maxtor DiamandMax Plus 80GB HDD I have laying around. I installed it earlier today. Its on the controller and I still have my 2 WDs on the IDE controllers.

Its plugged in and I installed the SATA drivers from the CD and enabled the SATA controller in the BIOS. Thing is I dont see any more HDDs in My Computer. The SATA controller sees it at bootup. In device manager it sees the Maxtor in 'Disk Drives' and 'SCSI and RAID Controllers.'

I have never installed a SATA Drive before so I dont really know what to do.

After I know it will work I will be installing the OS to this drive. I will have to press F6 during the initial loading of files correct to install the SATA drivers correct?

[shwaip]

In administrative tools, go to computer management, then click "disk management" in the left pane. You can then format them, and they'll be visible.

yes, You will need to press F6.

[mmonnin]

Ahh I see. I have Partition Magic which saw it. I will just partition it when I install XP.

Should I use the drivers from the CD, floppy, or get my own? Whats best?

[fatcat]

get your own off the internet..probably updated compared the to floppy/cdrom

[Spinner]

Yep, v1.0.0.47 from downloads should work great. Don't however download the SATA drivers off Windows Update. They will bork your system a little.

Cheers

[mmonnin]

Thanks Spinner. I will try that Friday Morning when I get enough free time to install everything. I might be back.;)

[mmonnin]

Well it wasnt that hard at all to set up, easier than I expected.

Well here is my ATTO with a fresh install and just a few programs installed. I wonder what my max bandwidth is?? ;D