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Boot from sata card

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Audioman1

Discussion Starter · Apr 7, 2004

I just got a W.D. Raptor 10.000 rpm sata drive to install my O/S on, and then found out I didn't have a sata plug on my board so i sent for a SATA card and wire, Is there a way to set up my PC to boot from the Raptor Drive? I have Awards bio's The board does support SATA drives.

ABS Awesome 3300
AMD Barton 2600
1280 mgs Ram
XP Home sp-1
- Gigabyte GA-7N400-L nForce2 Ultra400 Dual Channel DDR
- Albatron GeForce FX 5200 128MB DDR DVI/TV-out
- Leadtek "EXPERT" PCI TV/FM Tuner Card with Remote
- Creative Labs Sound Blaster Audigy 2 ZS 24-bit Plat.Pro. &
Logitech Z-680 5.1 Surround Speaker Set

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PaveFE

· #2 · Apr 7, 2004

Audioman1 said:
I just got a W.D. Raptor 10.000 rpm sata drive to install my O/S on, and then found out I didn't have a sata plug on my board so i sent for a SATA card and wire, Is there a way to set up my PC to boot from the Raptor Drive? I have Awards bio's The board does support SATA drives.

ABS Awesome 3300
AMD Barton 2600
1280 mgs Ram
XP Home sp-1
- Gigabyte GA-7N400-L nForce2 Ultra400 Dual Channel DDR
- Albatron GeForce FX 5200 128MB DDR DVI/TV-out
- Leadtek "EXPERT" PCI TV/FM Tuner Card with Remote
- Creative Labs Sound Blaster Audigy 2 ZS 24-bit Plat.Pro. &
Logitech Z-680 5.1 Surround Speaker Set

Thank You

Try setting up your bios to boot up the drive first. Although, if your installing your OS for the first time on it, then you may want to set up the bios to start with your cd-rom first. However, there may be some other smarter people who can help you to if that doesn't work.

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PaveFE

· #4 · Apr 7, 2004

Audioman1 said:
These are the boot Options
Floppy
LS120
HDD-0
SCSI
CDROM
HDD-1
HDD-2
HDD-3

Do U think it will add another option when i install it, I will leave XP home on my other drive, in case i can't boot from the Raptor, I have 2 other HD's

If you are trying to load your OS onto your new Raptor HDD, then you need to setup your bios to load the CD-ROM first. It will not add another option, that list is showing you your options.

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