Can i use a SATA HD as a normal drive or does it have to be configured for Raid 0,1 or whatever. I would like to add a HD to my system but I'm maxed on my IDE cable connections. Or the flip side question would be If I buy another EIDE HD and copy my C: onto it then use it as my C: would I have any problems. Here's the thing. I made the mistake of using a 100gig HD for my OPS and FS2004 plus a few other games. Now I'm floating around 10gig free space and I'm trying to get around having to reload everything to fix my mistake. Any thoughts would be appreciated.Thanks, Dan

If you have a free SATA port on your mobo all you have to do is add a SATA drive, format it and start using it.SATA drives do not need to be configured in a RAID array to make them usable. SATA was the succesor to IDE that's all.

That's what I thought. I just wanted to make sure because all you really ever hear of them being used is in a raid arry of some sort.Dan