Understanding of the IDE mode of SATA
SATA hard drive data cable is very small, more conducive to the chassis ventilation, benefit is self-evident. But still many people prefer to choose IDE then SATA, in addition to price a little expensive, users worry about SATA is not easy to use, this is a major obstcle in the popularization of SATA hard disc.
Many people think that to use SATA hard drives, it means that in the process of installing Windows XP you need to press F6 button to install the floppy drive. Quite a few people worried that use SATA drives, it means that you can not use DOS and Windows 98/ME.
In fact, when using SATA drives, most motherboards can be set through the BIOS, so that SATA hard disk could be installed and used like an ordinary IDE hard drive.
The following are related BIOS settings to a variety of SATA motherboard:
Basically, as long as the motherboard chipset motherboard supports SATA, SATA Mode setting item is in BIOS, just to select IDE mode here, SATA hard drive could be used like IDE hard drive when installation Windows2000/XP, no need to press F6 to insert into the CD-ROM or floppy disk drive.
SATA support for Windows 98/ME 915 + ICH6R chipset ASUS P5GD1 Pro motherboard, this setting can not install DOS and Windows98/ME.
If you want install DOS, Windows 98/ME in SATA hard disk, in addition to set the SATA to IDE mode, also have to set Onboard IDE Operate Mode to Compatible Mode. According to experience, regardless of whether you install 98/ME or not, the best are set this way by the second way, as was found in testing, under the former set, there occurred some hard to read and write speed of abnormal.
