Format C: and Re-Install

[GfW]

My PC has 2 hard drives 40GB IDE and 120GB SATA. C: is on the SATA drive and the IDE drive is E: and F:.
I have formatted the E: and F: partitions. I want to re-install Windows on the 40MB drive.
If I unplug the SATA drive and install Windows it will automatically install on the 40MB drive ... right?
But once installed and I reconnect the SATA drive what happens? Should I format the C: partition before I unplug it?
Also, when I originally set up the SATA drive I had to load the drivers. At what point would I have to load the SATA drivers on this new install (if the SATA is not connected)?

Or, if I format C: and leave the SATA drive connected will I be able to choose to install to the IDE drive?

TIA.

 

[captains]

windows will install on the 40 as long as it is the master and the sata is the slave

--also if you are using xp it will recognize both drives and ask you which one u want to install on

--another thing... i dont have a sata so dont really know if it will be recognized with out installing drivers...so disconnect it install on ide then install drivers and reconnect sata as slave

 

[Navid]

If you have 2 physical drives and install Windows on both and disconnect one while you are installing Windows on the other, after installation, if you connect both drives, your motherboard BIOS dictates which physical drive has boot priority. You can change the boot priority in the BIOS.

If you leave both drives hooked up while you install Windows on the second drive, Windows will create a dual-boot menu for you, which lets you decide which one to boot to every time you reboot.