OK, question about single SATA configuration.

I have a system with a single SATA hard drive not set up as a RAID drive. I
have the SATA boot option turned on in the BIOS, but not the RAID ROM. My
question is, do I need a RAID driver if I am just using a single SATA drive.
Should a SCSI/RAID device show up in Device Manager?

Vista Beta 2 does not show a RAID device and I hate to add a driver for
WinXP to get it to run on the RAID controller.

Any advice about how the Device Manager should look using Vista and/or WinXP
Pro? Does this type of thing vary depending on the motherboard or RAID
controller?

Thanks,
Clark

Well, I guess it doesn't make any difference, the RAID drivers from Intel
won't install anyway. It seems I discovered the SATA can work in either a
Legacy or Native way and the Legacy configuration has probably been set up
for Vista for now.

Clark

"Clark" <> wrote in message
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>I have a system with a single SATA hard drive not set up as a RAID drive.
>I have the SATA boot option turned on in the BIOS, but not the RAID ROM.
>My question is, do I need a RAID driver if I am just using a single SATA
>drive. Should a SCSI/RAID device show up in Device Manager?
>
> Vista Beta 2 does not show a RAID device and I hate to add a driver for
> WinXP to get it to run on the RAID controller.
>
> Any advice about how the Device Manager should look using Vista and/or
> WinXP Pro? Does this type of thing vary depending on the motherboard or
> RAID controller?
>
> Thanks,
> Clark