SATA HD... hates my Creative sound card?

[gsoul2soul]

I know... lame title!! But that's my problem!!

Q1: Should I use my existing IDE (C drive and all)... for Win XP ? or use SATA as the primary and IDE as secondary? (for storage)

Q2: When I install Win XP in my SATA (as C drive)... somehow my Creative Sound card won't get installed, the installer fails to initiate !!

HELP... and does it make a huge diff? SATA as Primary Vs. Ide as Primary ?

[acewin]

have you tried with an other installation disc of XP or Vista.

[slimTech]

install xp on SATA making it as primary. SATA is much more faster than IDE and that makes difference.
try changing the slot of sound card and SATA.

[topgear]

Ya. Install your os in sata & configure it as primary.

As for sound card have you tried the latest drivers.