If you have only one drive, you will not be using RAID and should not need
to install any special drivers during XP install. However, you will probably
need to change settings in your CMOS to make the new SATA controller you
boot device. Otherwise, XP should recognize the new drive and install itself
without a problem. Give it a try and ask for more help in case you run into
difficulty.

Good luck,

Peter Shkabara
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-----Original Message-----
i have a DELL PENT IV 2.6g missing the hard drive. I purchased A seagate
baracuda 7200.10 250 gbytes SATA. unknown to me my ribbon data cable would
not connect. I have now purchased a SATA RAID controller card(CreativeI/O)
with data cable & a power cable.I'm quite sure I can physically install the
hardware, but I'm lost about starting up the controller card, adding
drivers,putting back on XP pro. Also I had to purchase a rescue disk for xp
pro from DEll. I hope this makes sense...as you can see I am a beginner
novice.
Any or all help would be highly appricated.....ronn

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