Sata Drives

KromaZone · 25 Feb 2007 at 10:41

Ok just ordered a new Sata II drive for my new mobo but what i need to know is can i put my Sata drives onto the board??

semi-pro waster · 25 Feb 2007 at 11:01

Welcome to the forums, I'm not quite sure what you mean here. If you currently have SATA drives then you can plug them into a SATA II compatible motherboard, if you have a SATA II hard drive then you can plug it into a SATA II (or indeed merely SATA) compatible motherboard.

naro · 25 Feb 2007 at 11:35

you just need sata cable....

Mr-White · 25 Feb 2007 at 12:32

you need to clarify what you mean

MW

KromaZone · 25 Feb 2007 at 12:41

Sorry guys...What i mean is i have a sata drive, not a sata II driver and i need to know if the sata drive will run on my new mobo which is sata II compatible. Also i think the first answer clarified what i need to know.

diggidydog · 25 Feb 2007 at 14:01

KromaZone said:
Sorry guys...What i mean is i have a sata drive, not a sata II driver and i need to know if the sata drive will run on my new mobo which is sata II compatible. Also i think the first answer clarified what i need to know.

Yep! If your mobo is SATA II compatible it will also be SATA compatible.

smids · 25 Feb 2007 at 16:51

And if you have more questions, please read my SATA-II explained sticky

KromaZone · 26 Feb 2007 at 05:13

Ah ok will do smids...thanks for helping guys

KromaZone · 26 Feb 2007 at 05:37

1 more question, when i install my new Sata II drive can i install xp straight to it or do i need to do any other procedure? fdisk? cant remberber if i did this for my Sata drivers. Your answers are appreciated.

PhillyDee · 26 Feb 2007 at 06:14

Windows will partition/format it for you. It gives you the option during the installation procedure.

KromaZone · 26 Feb 2007 at 12:08

Ah nice one...no need to prat about with fdisk then, cool.

Thanks m8

smids · 26 Feb 2007 at 19:06

One question - what is your new mobo? You might need SATA drivers to be installed, but it depends on the mobo - and if you are installing windows on the SATA disk itself or not.

KromaZone · 27 Feb 2007 at 05:16

This is the mobo im getting, i allready have my old SATA drivers for when i install a fresh copy of XP. Are these ok?

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-001-BG

Will the same drivers work for when i install my new SATA II drive?

semi-pro waster · 27 Feb 2007 at 08:47

You shouldn't need drivers with that motherboard (unless you want to set up Raid), you might have to set it to IDE compatibility mode or similar in the bios to 'fool' Windows into seeing it as an ordinary IDE device however but the manual will tell you if you can't figure it out automatically.

Your old drivers wouldn't work anyway since they will use a different chipset unless you are going from an Nforce 680 based motherboard to another one.