P5AD2 Premium : problem installing OS on sata boot drives

My friends

I just installed my MB P5AD2-Premium with following devices : 2 sata 160GB
on sata1 and 2 connectors ( no raid and as masters ) and 1 dvd-player on
Pri -IDE .( later , I have to add the PATA 250 GB ( on connector
Pri-IDE-RAID ? ) and the dvdrw on Pri-Ide ( as slave ) from my actual ,
still running , PC ).

The setup is done " from the booklet " in the Bios :shows as Prim IDE master
is the dvd , the third and the fourth IDE as masters are the 2 sata 160GB .
The IDE configuration is default as in the booklet : Sata as " standard IDE
" . And I want to keep the 3 Maxtors as independent drives - no raids .

After installing XP-Pro bootable in the DVD , the following occours ( in
Explorer ) : DVD is the C: , the D and E are the both Satas 160 GB ( in NTFS
with max 137 GB ! ) and the system is installed in the E: ! ( and after
rebooting several times , no problem for starting a good windows
XP-Pro .. ).

Whats wrong and how to change or correct a " well installed " XP-Pro ( no
sp1 or 2 installed for the moment ) on drive C: ???.

When I let Maxblast3 look at the configuration , it shows Pr Master : DVD ,
Sec Master the Sata E: ( as red C: !!! ) and no Sata D visible ( must be as
a Third or Fourth Master ? ) . Also , the program does not allow to change
the size or properties of the Sec master ( E: or so called C: ).Does that
give a hint ?

Both drives can be considered as to be installed from scratch ( no OS , no
data ) .If so , what should be the correct settings and procedure ?




Thanks for all Your help.