Shauk

unless your motherboard has on-board SATA support you're not likely to have SATA as a bootable option.

What kind of MB do you have? and are you using an expansion card for a SATA controller to mount your SATA drive? or are you plugging it straight into the motherboard? (if it's the latter, then i'm confusied, since I cant imagine a SATA plug being on a board without SATA bios options.)

and, of course, you do have it set up to be a master drive with the jumpers right? (i'd just as soon assume you aren't a complete noob though, but it's safe to ask)