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DOS drivers for SATA?

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tc17

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I don't own a SATA drive yet, but was debating whether to get one or just another EIDE drive.

I read that you can't see SATA drives when you are in DOS. Are there any drivers for DOS that would allow you to access the drive?

I mainly want to be able to see the drive in DOS so that when I go to reinstall WindowsXP, I always rename the Document and Windows folders to another name, so I can reinstall without Windows using those same directories again.

But if there is no way to get to the drive other than inside XP, then I might just not consider a SATA drive.
 
It will be dependant on what motherboard you have. You can enable what is called Legacy/Compatible Mode which allows you to configure it as primary ide + sata or secondary ide + sata. Normally you would run in Native/Enhanced Mode. This should be the same with any Intel 875/865 chipset or any of the newer via chipsets with native s-ata (ie not going through an external sata controller like the highpoint)

Dahak
 
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