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First timer: Installing SATA without floppy?

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vat

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Hello,

My SATA hard drive will arrive next week and this will be my first time having a SATA. My question is that if I could install SATA without having to use the floppy disk? I have searched the forum but couldn't find any information or maybe I might have searched it wrong. Please help me before my new hard drive arrive. Thanks
 
yes, sata drive should work without needing the floppy (i think the floppy is only if you install a raid setup which i dont think you are)

if you plan to use the new sata drive as boot and other ide drives as data, make sure to change the priority in bios; for my systems with asus p4p800se boards, it treats the sata drives as 5th and 6th ide devices and so it automatically goes to the ide devices first by default (whether connected directly or through an ultra ata pci card)
 
I don't plan to use IDE for my new computer and yes the SATA is for booting up and storing data. So I can install sata without having to use floppy disk correct? Thanks
 
vat said:
I don't plan to use IDE for my new computer and yes the SATA is for booting up and storing data. So I can install sata without having to use floppy disk correct? Thanks
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Yes... :D
 
laughster said:
yes, sata drive should work without needing the floppy (i think the floppy is only if you install a raid setup which i dont think you are)

if you plan to use the new sata drive as boot and other ide drives as data, make sure to change the priority in bios; for my systems with asus p4p800se boards, it treats the sata drives as 5th and 6th ide devices and so it automatically goes to the ide devices first by default (whether connected directly or through an ultra ata pci card)
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Some chipsets DO require the disk even if you aren't installing it as a raid setup. Tyan Thunder K8W is a great example right off the bat, because that's the board I use and even an xp service pack 2 cd still needs the floppy.
 
With XP SP2 you don't need the floppy. However, if it is XP or SP1, you will probably need it.
 
As long as you use the NV SATA ports (1-4) and do not enable RAID, then you are correct that a F6 floppy is not required.
 
it's pretty mucht that way with all NF3-NF4 boards as long as you have a XP SP2 installation and you use the NV ports and have the bios configured correctly.
 
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