[quote=“Dr.Stevil,post:3,topic:39508"”]
you can use a USB drive via “F6” during install? no shit
thanks for the help, kevin 
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Only on Vista! You can’t do that with XP, will need a floppy.
[quote=“JustinH,post:7,topic:39508"”]
Vista doesn’t recognize sata drives out of the box?
I haven’t done a fresh vista install yet…
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Not my 3ware escalade controller or onboard silicon images ones I’ve tried. I’ve had luck with some intel SATA controllers, but they aren’t even RAID controllers.