SATA Drivers for P965 Neo ?

Ok.. first time here..
I have an Intel E6600 Core 2 Duo running on an MSI P965 Neo MB with 2 GB RAM, with a Seagate ST3320620AS 320 GB SATA drive. The OS is WinXP Pro.
For the most part, everything is ok. However, I suspect the HD is not running at max capacity. In some basic file transfer tests, I calculate that the data transfer rate is about 32 MB/Sec. Running the PassMark Performance Text, it says about 46 to 47 MB. However, the specs on the Seagate site say this drive should be able to run about 72 MB in sustained transfer rate.
Now I have been chatting on some other boards about this, and the consensus is that I should have installed the SATA driver prior to the WinXp install (when prompted press F6 to install 3rd party drivers). However, when I look at the MSI site ( http://www.msi.com.tw/program/support/driver/dvr/spt_dvr_list.php?part=1&kind=4&CHIP=4&COM=24 ), I only see RAID drivers. I am not interested in running RAID - besides, I only have one hard drive. Are there some specific SATA drivers I need to install before installing XP? If so, which ones and where do I get them?
Secondly, if I DO need to install a driver, how do I go about this without a floppy drive? When I bought the system, I opted to get flash media card reader instead of a floppy drive, since I thought floppys were pretty much obsolete. Will XP recognize the driver on a flash media card instead of the floppy drive, or do I need to now buy a floppy drive?
Paul

Maesus..
Many thanks for the reply!
The drive is in SATA port 1, and the drive is a Seagate ST3320620AS 320 GB SATA II, rated at 3.0 GBits.
The board has 5 SATA ports, numbered: 1, 3, 4, 6, and 7. (Not sure why there are no 2 or 5 ports.)
The manual says they are all high speed SATA II ports, rated at 300 MB, and although the specs say there are 4 SATA II ports by ICH8 and 1 SATA II port by JMicron JMB361, it does not specify which is the JMicron port.
Do you know which port is the JMricon? And can I move the cable to a different port, without affecting operation? i.e, will the system still boot up? Or does moving it involve reloading the OS? Do I need to load a 3rd party driver for the ICH8 ports?
Thanks for your assistance!
Paul

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