2 IDE+1 Sata?

Hi Im running 2 ide hdd's= 1 20 gig /1 120 gig.I installed Hitachi Deskstar sata hdd 160 gig,xp picked it up no problem.I can use it as storage BUT i want to make the sata into my main drive ie:C drive.Is this possible?I tried drive image and was a disaster.Problem is games like bf2 and their patches,i need a much bigger C drive as mines full.any ideas? please remember Im a bit of a noob even though I built this pc successfully.

my specs:AMD 64 3500+ NEWCASTLE
2 GIGS CORSAIR RAM
ASUS A8N SLI DELUXE MOBO
BFG 6600 GT VID CARD

 

Drive image is not going to give you the result. Remember that WinXP does not natively detects SATA - it needs drivers to be loaded beforehand to see any thing on SATA.

If you want more space on your C drive, then either you can reformat/reinstall on SATA or you can try to mount the SATA drive in one of your folders in C drive.

 

In response to Steve Jones: it seemed everything was ok.I unplugged the old 20 gig hdd and had the sata as only drive.I got:failure loading OS on bootup.I tried to reinstall windows but when it came time to enter cd key it would not recognise my keyboard ,actually any of my 3 kb's.I finally just unplugged it and went back to my old setup of 2 ide's and everythings back to square 1