Planning on reisntalling Xp

[Rapid-X]

anione kno were i can get the sata drivers for my maxtor and seagate sata2 drives i checked ecs my mobo company and nothing any ideas??i need the drivers so i can install then when promped to hit F6

here are the specs
elitegroup C51GM-M mother baord
Maxtor 200 gig sata-II harddrivew/Vantec ICEBERG HDC-701A-BK 70mm Aluminum HD Cooler
Western Digital SATA-II 250GB w/Vantec ICEBERG HDC-701A-BK 70mm Aluminum HD Cooler

[b1lk1]

You don't need the drivers for "F6" unless you are installing them as a raid array.

[CMetaphor]

Originally Posted by b1lk1

You don't need the drivers for "F6" unless you are installing them as a raid array.

Thats assuming youre installing XP with SP2. Original XP or any version (home or pro) needs extra sata drivers on a floppy disk.

[Rapid-X]

i installed sp2 buit when i go to divice manger its showing as ide drives and they are running slow any program out ther that can tell me if they are isntalled as sata??

[JD]

Try running HDTach. That'll tell you have fast your hard drive is.

My Western Digital WD2500KS SATAII drives show up as SCSI. (In Vista that is)

[Robscix]

Also if your installing a older version of XP -Without SP1 or SP2, drive size is a consideration. I learned this the hard way. I had a 300gb Seagate and when I went to install XP without the service packs the install could NOT see the drive. It knew it was there but that was it. NO size, brand info. Maybe making yourself a Slipstreamed copy with SP2 installed is a good idea.