I'd like to know, since Windows needs to install SATA drivers before SATA HDs can be used. If it's the same way with SATA optical drives, I'd rather stick with IDE optical drives then.
On a freshly-assembled system, can one boot from a CD with a SATA CD/DVD drive?
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That is not true.
You do not need to install SATA drives before SATA HDs can be used unless the controller is not supported (not the case for the nForce and Intel chipset at least) or if you are installing windows onto a raid array.
You do not need to install SATA drives before SATA HDs can be used unless the controller is not supported (not the case for the nForce and Intel chipset at least) or if you are installing windows onto a raid array.
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the chipset needs to support SATA natively, none of the old Promise controller nonsense. installing Windows XP SP2 or newer on nforce4 or newer should work no problemo. i always plug the optical into SATA 1, just for the halibut.
I was able to flash a bios on a P5WDH from a SATA CD drive, so I assume if I can flash a bios I can boot from it 
On my current system I have no PATA drives. My HDD AND my DVD are both SATA. After I had put everything together, I simply inserted the Win XP disc in the DVD drive, booted the system, and it worked. Windows installation started with no problems. So, the answer is yes
I case it makes any difference, I am using a P5B Dlx and both drives are connected to the SATA pots of the Intel controller, NOT the J micron controller. As far as the SATA drivers, I did have to hit F6 to have Windows prompt me for the drivers for the SATA HDD, but I believe this only happened because I had the hard drive configured as AHCI in the BIOS.
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Windows XP x86 version seems to have very good SATA support. Windows XP 64 bit seems to be a little more selective. I have an Asus M2A-VM motherboard and I'm using a WD SATA Caviar hard drive and the disk did not detect the SATA drive. I have to break out the floppy driver disk to install Windows 64bit on it. 32 bit has the driver included. I would hope that Vista would let you add the driver via CD-ROM or USB instead of the floppy.
I only have SATA HDD's and optical drives in my rig. The P965-DS3 booted Vista x64 with no issues. It didn't ask for drivers, installation finished with no issues.
I left a USB drive on and when I went to the boot menu it was one of the options. I didn't try it, but I can assume that it would work if I selected it.
Originally posted by: wgoldfarb
On my current system I have no PATA drives. My HDD AND my DVD are both SATA. After I had put everything together, I simply inserted the Win XP disc in the DVD drive, booted the system, and it worked. Windows installation started with no problems. So, the answer is yes
As far as the SATA drivers, I did have to hit F6 to have Windows prompt me for the drivers for the SATA HDD, but I believe this only happened because I had the hard drive configured as AHCI in the BIOS.
Should the BIOS be set to AHCI or IDE mode nowadays with SATA drives?
I just installed xp from a SATA drive on a P965 chipset. I actually couldn't install windows with an IDE drive plugged in.
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