Sata Drive and the KT6V Motherboard

Hi all, Wondering if anyone could help me. I just got a new PC and am setting it up as a server. Now I have a 40G hhd running the O.S. which is windows 98se ( I know its old and has problems but it should work fine) I also have a 120g WD SATA drive that i want to use as a storage drive. ( I have a set up on my other pc this way) but windows does not see the Sata drive and when i try the raid setup I see the Drive but i cant do anything with it. My mother board is a KT6V and all drivers and programs are loaded. I can use the Raid Tool and see the drive it says its working but again I cant do anything with it. Just wondering if this is the way this MotherBoard runs or if there is a setting im missing. Thanks for your time.

Hello,
Win98se,
How did you format the 120GB sata drive?
With the KT6 boards, if you have only one sata drive and enter the Sata ROM, you cannot choose any options, That is normal.
Must be using FAT32 for win98se.

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