Drive setup

Ok, what I want to do, is add 2 WD 120g SATA drives to my system.  I need to transfer the entire contents of my current drive over to one of these, unless we can set it up to keep the 200g drive as IDE as well.  As of now, I can't even get the computer to see the two new drives.  They are plugged into the SER1 and SER2 slots on the MB, the bios is configured as such:
Native
SATA Only
PATA Keep Enabled
PATA Channel Both
Config SATA as Raid No
ps: When I tried to load the IAA Raid for the ICH5R, it says, chipset not compatible, but we know it is, it came on the board.  
Any ideas or suggestions??

OK, sounds like you know what you're doing. I was just giving a warning about moving the OS. Lots of people come on here hoping wondering why they can't boot the Win98 drive from their old P2 on their new 865PE board!  
The fact you can't see the drives in the Standard Cmos features is a problem. The only reasons I can think of are:
1 Configure as Raid set to "YES" (which you said is not the case)
2 Problem with SATA cables or power cables(check them)
3 Some kind of compatibilty problem with the drives(newer Bios'es have updates for drives. What version do you have?)
As for the AARaid, it can only be installed for the system disk when Windows is installed. After Windows is installed, it will only let you install the Raid drivers/utility if it detects drives(non-OS disks) configured as Raid from the Bios settings. IE: you install Windows on the IDE drive and then later add the 2 SATA drives and configure them as Raid in the Bios, then re-boot.
For the setup you are using(non-raid), you don't need the Raid drivers. Windows will see the drives on serial1&2 and use them without any additional drivers. The Promise controller however needs SATA/Raid drivers installed for Windows to use it.

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