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I am building a new computer with a NEW serial ata 320GB seagate drive, a nicer X38 motherboard which i have yet to buy, and windows vista home premium (upgrade version).
I know i have to install my windows XP pro before installing Vista. But this is my question, after building my computer and first putting my xp disc into the drive, will i need to also have a floppy drive installed in the computer which i will have to use to install this HDD (like to enable SATA ports?, i remember my old computer's motherboard 4 years ago came with some sort of a SATA floppy disc.) Will my motherboard, perhaps a Asus Maximus Formula, automatically recognize this drive with no problems just by installing XP pro and then upgrading that to Vista? or do i, sometime during the install process need to insert a floppy disc to enable the SATA ports?
Sorry if this gets confusing, but i will appreciate any help i can get because this is the only question I have until my new computer is built...
I know i have to install my windows XP pro before installing Vista. But this is my question, after building my computer and first putting my xp disc into the drive, will i need to also have a floppy drive installed in the computer which i will have to use to install this HDD (like to enable SATA ports?, i remember my old computer's motherboard 4 years ago came with some sort of a SATA floppy disc.) Will my motherboard, perhaps a Asus Maximus Formula, automatically recognize this drive with no problems just by installing XP pro and then upgrading that to Vista? or do i, sometime during the install process need to insert a floppy disc to enable the SATA ports?
Sorry if this gets confusing, but i will appreciate any help i can get because this is the only question I have until my new computer is built...
