Yes. Windows Vista includes native support for SATA drives.
Windows XP does not "have" a hard drive. The hard drive is a part of the computer, not Windows XP. Windows XP supports only IDE drives natively, although OEMs can also include drivers to support SATA drives.
You probably have a SATA drive. Windows XP has no built-in support for SATA drives. To use the drive, you will need to enter your BIOS and set theSATA controller to operate in legacy or IDE emulation mode.
This usually occurs if you are using a retail disc on a system that uses SATA instead of IDE. Windows XP has no built-in support for SATA drives. The quickest workaround is to switch the controller mode in the BIOS to "Legacy" or "IDE emulation."
Almost always. Windows 98 has no native support for SATA controllers, and thus you would never see any performance gain using SATA drives over older PATA / IDE drives. For cost effectiveness, it is probably better to go with a PATA drive (and cable), if you must use Windows 98 at all.
If your SATA controller can handle four drives (if it has four SATA ports, then presumably it can), then yes, you can use four drives.
Each cable is designed to support exactly one drive.
a sata power connector is normally used for powering sata dvd drives as well as sata hard drives and ssd drives
no, sata drives transfer all of the data through the sata cable
Windows xp does not have native support for SATA interface (except SP3). You have to download SATA interface driver from the motherboard/computer website and use F6 installation procedure.
It wouldn't be a SATA motherboard if you couldn't connect SATA drives to it.
SATA, or serial advanced technology attachment, connects the motherboard to hard drives and optical drives. This cable is inserted into the SATA slot on the motherboard.