I currently am running Windows XP Pro, on an Asus A7N8X-Deluxe mobo (with two SATA ports), a Barton 2500+, 512MB PC2700 RAM, and with 1 Seagate 40GB drive in slave, and 1 Maxtor 40GB in master ...
Modern hard disk drives use a Serial Advanced Technology Attachment or SATA interface to attach to a computer motherboard. SATA drives come in speeds of 1.5 gigabits per second, 3.0 Gbps and 6.0 Gbps.