Any motherboards where SATA drive can be C: drive?

[MplsBob]

Does anyone manufacture a motherboard where a SATA drive can be the C: drive?

 

[Jeff H]

MplsBob, I'm a bit confused by your question, or maybe I don't understand it, but the simple answer is yes. FWIW I'm running an EPoX 9NPA+Ultra (nVidia nForce4 Ultra chipset) and I set up my Samsung SATA drive as the C: drive. I was able to set it up natively, meaning I didn't have to use a floppy during XP install @ the "F6" time.

And Bob, there's nothing unusual about this board. Most of the current production boards that support SATA let you set up a SATA drive as the boot drive.

Jeff

 

[alexXx]

I assume that you are infact mixing sata and pata drives? I have 1 sata drive and one pata drive and yes, the computer defaulted to giving the pata drive, drive c and the sata drive, drive d. You can change it in windows later on so it really isnt a big deal

 

[imported_killuminati]

my Samsung SATA2 harddisk has 4 partitaion .
C , D , E , and F .
what are u talking about ?

Peace & ciao !!!

 

[MplsBob]

Let me expand on this-

I have an ASUS A78NX-E motherboard.

I do have PATA drives (Zip drive & DVD drive).

How do I setup my SATA drive as the c: drive?

 

[CalvinHobbes]

All you should have to do is set the SATA as the first boot device. Then install Windows on it. If the other drives already have a "C" drive Windows may not let you use that letter. Disconnect the other "C" drive until after you install Windows.

 

[imported_Phil]

Originally posted by: alexXx
I assume that you are infact mixing sata and pata drives? I have 1 sata drive and one pata drive and yes, the computer defaulted to giving the pata drive, drive c and the sata drive, drive d. You can change it in windows later on so it really isnt a big deal

No, because you can't change the drive letter of the operating system partition.

 

[imported_Phil]

Bob, disconnect the Zip drive, install Windows, reconnect it.

 

[dodgybob]

If you're installing windows on the sata drive as drive c: with that setup don't forget to put the silicon image sata drivers on a floppy and press f6 when windows asks at the beginning of the installation. Otherwise windows wont detect it.

I used to have that board and although not strictly necessary, I would disconnect any other hard drives whilst installing windows. Also make sure the jumper is set on the board to enable the sata controller. You'll know if it is enabled if you get the sata bios flash up on bootup right after the main motherboard bios.