SATA OT I know

[swift240]

Ok guys, I have come here because of the brain power.
O am good with some stuff but not so good at other.

So this is the question,

I got my PC up and running a nice new Athlon 64bit Dual Core 3800+ system, at the moment I have 2 x 80Gig HD, 1 DVD burner and 1 CD burner, reason the DVD burner don't take CD`s for some pathetic reason.
Right now on the mobo Asus A8N-SLI-SE there are 4 SATA connectors that I can make good use of.
Is SATA faster than IDE?
Do I need one SATA drive for example Linux.
What I intend to do is this Primary IDE Windows XP pro, Secondary Data HD for XP.
SATA Linux.

TIA,

Mike.

[swift240]

Ok thank for that guys.
Yes I am using Nero 8.0
I do choose the DVD option but it just some times sees a CD but I can never get the data from it. I have used a DVD cleaner but still the same, it has been like that ever since I got it.


Mike.

[swift240]

Ohhh dear, thanks for that.
its a new mobo the last thing I want to do is do it in.

Mike.