first i want to thank all the people responsible for producing one of the best sight on the net......i have come to the right place. the question that i have to ask you all ...what is the CORRECT procedure to do a complete fresh install of windows xp professional with this motherboard using scsi disks? no ide,disabled in the bios presently running windows 98 and when i installed that o.s. ,i had to temporally enable the ide controllers to install the via drivers.....is this the case with xp??? i know about setting everthing at default and booting off the cdrom.etc,but should i just enable my ide channels like windows 98???? please a answer to this question would be greatly appreciated......thank you.