Windows 2000 has no native support for SATA drives. If you have a slipstreamed CD with service pack 4, and the drivers for the SATA controller, you can install it. If not, you will have to run the SATA controller in emulation mode, so that Windows 2000 thinks that it is an IDE drive.
Windows 1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 3.1, 95, 98, and ME can support a maximum of 26 drives or logical partitions. Windows NT 3.1, 3.5, 3.51, 4, 2000, XP, 2003, Vista, 2008, and 7 can support several thousand drives / partitions in a system.
Yes.
As Microsoft has ended support of Windows 2000, you will have to find a third party to support your system. If you are a large business, Microsoft does have a paid option for limited support of Windows 2000.
For drives over 32 GB, Windows 2000 defaults to NTFS. FAT32 is also available for drives under 32 GB.
Yes, if you have RAID drivers that will work under Windows 2000.
There is extremely limited support for Windows 2000 on HP's website for the HP Pavilion dv6700. Drivers for Windows XP are available.
Windows 98, Windows 2000, and Windows XP all support USB
You don't. Microsoft ended extended support for Windows 2000 in July of 2010. At this point in time, you should be running Windows 7, or Windows XP with an extended support plan. If you need Windows 2000 support, contact Microsoft, and be prepared to spend a very large amount of money.
You can add up to 10 Display adapters to Windows 2000 computers.
Yes.
Yes, they do. Windows ME even supports Fat 32!