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Genotype · 01-10-2006, 04:19 PM

Dear Gurus,

I have a problem and I was wondering whether you guys know the solution. I have an intel celeron D 2.8GHz and a 80GB Seagate SATA drive.

A few months ago I put this baby together and installed a SATA drive. I didn't know much about SATA then (and I don't know much now

). Anyway, I installed the SATA drivers when I installed XP. Now everytime I boot my PC it goes into a RAID BIOS Setup for a few seconds. I have recently learned that my SATA Drive is in RAID mode. I have been told that native mode is better and faster...especially for one SATA drive.

So how do I go back to native mode...without reinstalling everything.

I have tried going to my BIOS and setting the SATA setting to Native (instead of RAID)...but that doesn't work. When I startup, the PC does not recognise the HD. Do I need some kind of native drivers? If so, can I install them through windows rather than through dos?

Thanks in advance!

EDIT: BTW, my motherboard is an asus P5S800-VM

01-10-2006, 04:19 PM	#1 (permalink)
Genotype New Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 2	Going from "RAID" SATA to "native" SATA? Dear Gurus, I have a problem and I was wondering whether you guys know the solution. I have an intel celeron D 2.8GHz and a 80GB Seagate SATA drive. A few months ago I put this baby together and installed a SATA drive. I didn't know much about SATA then (and I don't know much now ). Anyway, I installed the SATA drivers when I installed XP. Now everytime I boot my PC it goes into a RAID BIOS Setup for a few seconds. I have recently learned that my SATA Drive is in RAID mode. I have been told that native mode is better and faster...especially for one SATA drive. So how do I go back to native mode...without reinstalling everything. I have tried going to my BIOS and setting the SATA setting to Native (instead of RAID)...but that doesn't work. When I startup, the PC does not recognise the HD. Do I need some kind of native drivers? If so, can I install them through windows rather than through dos? Thanks in advance! EDIT: BTW, my motherboard is an asus P5S800-VM Last edited by Genotype; 01-11-2006 at 12:44 AM. Reason: Add more info...