Help How to Boot SATA drive? Serial ATA (NOT)- Raid

hi, i have the
Msi K8N Neo Platinum and i despertly tried to boot from the Serial ATA drive.
i have 2 hd in the IDE primary channels
and 2 Cdrw and Cd Rom connected to the IDE Secondary Channels
the Serial ATA is connected to 3 port due to overclocking and msi detecting bug.
the Serial ATA is NTFS and so the Primary Master.
i want to install WINXP on the Serial ATA and so it will boot from it.
i am using the reguler Primary Master for the boot now,, but i really want to boot from the Serial ATA,,
and plz explain me what the hell are those Raid SATA, and all the other types
PATA and stuff.
and do i need to use the driver RAID/SATA diskett from msi?
it's Western Digital 80GB 8mb
plz help

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Originally posted by Valaire
So... disable the IDE channels (or disconnect the drives temporarily), then just install the drive. You don't have to F6, if you are not using RAID. Parttition and format in Windows XP bootable cd setup.
Does the same hold true with Windows 2000? No need to F6 and add drivers for a single SATA (WD Raptor 36GB) drive?
I am having a devil of a time getting my K8N Neo Plat seeing this single drive, and shall try the tricks in the FAQ thread: Single SATA or Multiple Drive Array Setup FAQ
I cannot even format the SATA drive in the MSI - the system locks up, aborts, or I see ASCII characters in the screen after "format terminated" messages. Drive formats fine in my Asus P4P800-E Deluxe.

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With 1 drive connected, it's working like a normal SATA controller.
I have the same here, you don't need to configure anything.
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