From: "Randy H" 

Well, it did mine when I had an Abit VP-6.

"Robert Comer"  wrote in message
news:3e4c6d5a$1{at}w3.nls.net...
> > Odd--XP supports the HPT370 out of the box. Check Highpoint's website?
> > (http://www.highpoint-tech.com)
>
> It doesn't support my HPT370 controller out of the box. (it thinks it does
> but then it can't read it.)  I use the W2K drivers.
>
> - Bob Comer
>
>
> "Randy H"  wrote in message
> news:3e4c665a{at}w3.nls.net...
> > Odd--XP supports the HPT370 out of the box. Check Highpoint's website?
> > (http://www.highpoint-tech.com)
> >
> > IMO, ATA133 will only make a difference if you get the WD drives with
the
> 8
> > MB
> > caches-otherwise, it's a wash. You'll be damn lucky to saturate the
ATA66
> > bus.
> >
> > Got Partition Magic v8?
> >
> > "Ned F. Reiter"  wrote in message
> > news:3e4bba82{at}w3.nls.net...
> > > I'm about to upgrade my XP Pro system with more disk space.  I am
> looking
> > > for recommendations as to what is the best 120GB 7200 ATA133 IDE drive
> to
> > > get.  My onboard IDE controller is on 66MB but I intend to upgrade the
> > mobo
> > > at a later date, but want the faster drive now so I'm ready.  Am I
> correct
> > > in assuming that a 133MB drive will work on the 66MB bus but at the
> slower
> > > speed?
> > >
> > > My boot drive (13.6GB) is partitioned into 3 NTFS partitions and two
> Linux
> > > partitions (ext2 and swap) with the primary XP install on the second
> drive
> > > (40GB) as drive K:.  The second drive is partitioned into 9 NTFS and
one
> > > FAT32 (for sharing with Linux) partitions.  What is the procedure to
get
> > all
> > > of these copied over to the new 120GB drive and still be able to boot
> the
> > > system?  I'm sure I'll have to change the boot.ini file, but need some
> > help
> > > in determining the proper values for the partition entries.
> > >
> > > The mother board is an ECS D6VAA with an onboard Highpoint 370 Raid
> > > controller but I can't find XP drivers for it.  There are W2K drivers
> but
> > I
> > > don't know if they will work with XP.  If there are working drivers,
I'd
> > get
> > > 2 drives and configure them as Raid 1.  The HPT370 supports ATA100.
> > >
> > > Thanks for any advice,
> > >
> > > --
> > > -- Ned --
> > > nreiter_AT_attglobal_DOT_net
> > > Association of Shareware Professionals developer member
> > > http://www.asp-shareware.org/
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
>

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