Can I use a SATA drive just for storage?

[Rob80]

I currently have 2 ata 100 drives (Master & Slave) in my PC. I want to keep this set up with the current "C" drive being the boot drive. I want to add another drive, can I buy a SATA drive and use it just as a storage drive? Do I need to change any bios settings or load drivers? any insight would be appreciated. Oh, my MB is an ASUS A8V Deluxe. Thank you.

 

[Lonyo]

Nope. Plug in, boot up Windows, format the drive is all you need to do.

 

[corkyg]

Yes, you can use a SATA drive for storage - I have been doing that for nearly a year. No, you do not need to change anything in the BIOS except to ENABLE your mobo's SATA port if it is not already enabled.

 

[CalvinHobbs]

what is stopping you from using it as a storage drive? my sata is doing that right now, storage, as someone said, plug in, format and start storing