Checking your Hard Drive Type:
The following is a picture of a SATA or ATA cable. Take notice to the type of plug it has on the end.
The following is what an EIDE or IDE cable looks like, although different, to an untrained eye they are identical.
Let me know which type you have please. That will answer the question of wiether or not you need to disable the SATA search at startup.
Edit: IDE and EIDE look identical. Just to make that clear.