Many people assume that using a SATA hard drive means you have to press F6 during the Windows XP installation process to insert a floppy disk and install the driver. Even more people are concerned that using a SATA hard drive means they won't be able to use DOS or Windows 98/ME. In fact, most motherboards allow you to configure the BIOS so that SATA drives can be installed and used just like regular IDE drives. Below are the relevant BIOS settings for various types of SATA motherboards...