How to install WinXP home onto a SATA Drive (no IDE)????

FearTec · 09-13-04, 04:53 AM

Hello

How do I install Windows XP Home onto a Serial ATA Drive?

I am building a new PC and dont have any IDE drives. Windows XP home (and pro) reports cant find hard drive.

I did a quick google but could not find any Seagate SATA drivers to install during the XP setup (pressing F6).

A article says to press F6 and insert disc with SATA drivers to install XP onto a SATA drive.

Seagates site is not much chop

Please help?

TazExtreme3 · 09-13-04, 05:03 AM

go into the bios and make sure all raid is turned off, then retry without trying to install any drivers from a floppy, you shouldn't need them if it's just a single drive, I had the same problem recently when I built my A64 system

redduc900 · 09-13-04, 07:17 AM

You'll need to go to the MB manufacturer's site (or the site of the SATA controller manufacturer i.e. Intel, Highpoint, Sil, etc.), in order to locate and download the SATA controller drivers...Seagate won't have them. Even when connecting only one drive to the SATA controller, you'll need to have the controller drivers on a floppy ready to install...otherwise Windows setup won't be able to recognize the drive.

Captain U · 09-13-04, 09:41 PM

my sata drivers came on my motherboard CD.

good luck

Zuzzz · 09-14-04, 05:55 AM

you MAY have to tell your motherboard the boot order. If you dont allow for the RAID controller to be the 'primary' controller installing the floppy wont work. Be sure the BIOS settings allow the RAID array to be the 'first boot drive'. Also be SURE you have the RAID controller 'enabled' if it is on the motherboard. If you do not enabvle the RAID/SATA controller the install will not work. Then while installing Windows press F6 as instructed and insert the floppy you created from the manufacturers website. This will be possibly a (.zip)file or (.exe)file you will download from the makers of the SATA RAID CONTROLLER (more than likely the maker of your motherboard)(not the HDD drive maker)and create a floppy disk with it. That will be the floppy XP installer asks for when you boot set up XP and press F6.

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rcillig · 09-14-04, 08:42 PM

just make if boot from cd start to install windows press f6 and then load the sata drivers then it will format and install on your sata drive. But you must press f6 right at the begining of the windows install or it wont ask for the disk to load them. Your motherboard should of came with the sata drivers but if not here is the site to get them from. I dont know where exactly they are but my brother found them there.

http://www.siimage.com/products/starterkit_sii3112.asp

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FearTec Member Join Date: May 2004 Location: Australia	How to install WinXP home onto a SATA Drive (no IDE)???? Hello How do I install Windows XP Home onto a Serial ATA Drive? I am building a new PC and dont have any IDE drives. Windows XP home (and pro) reports cant find hard drive. I did a quick google but could not find any Seagate SATA drivers to install during the XP setup (pressing F6). A article says to press F6 and insert disc with SATA drivers to install XP onto a SATA drive. Seagates site is not much chop Please help?
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TazExtreme3 Join Date: May 2003 Location: Jackson, Michigan	go into the bios and make sure all raid is turned off, then retry without trying to install any drivers from a floppy, you shouldn't need them if it's just a single drive, I had the same problem recently when I built my A64 system __________________ -Greg Reason- Asus G73JW: i7 740QM -- 8GB RAM -- OCZ Agility 2 80GB SSD -- 500GB HDD -- Nvidia GeForce GTX 460M Asus Eee PC 1201N: 4GB RAM -- 500GB HDD -- Nvidia ION HTPC: Gigabyte H55N-USB3 -- i3 540 -- G.Skill 2x2GB DDR3 1600 Ripjaws -- 500GB HDD -- Sapphire 5770 Vapor X -- Corsair H50 -- SilverStone SUGO SG06 -- Controlled by iPod Touch 2G via Mobile Mouse Pro Phone: LG Optimus V -- Android 2.3.4 (running BACKside ROM) Add me on Google+! My Heatware Last edited by TazExtreme3; 09-13-04 at 05:09 AM.
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redduc900 Super Moderator Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: WCG@home in Portland	You'll need to go to the MB manufacturer's site (or the site of the SATA controller manufacturer i.e. Intel, Highpoint, Sil, etc.), in order to locate and download the SATA controller drivers...Seagate won't have them. Even when connecting only one drive to the SATA controller, you'll need to have the controller drivers on a floppy ready to install...otherwise Windows setup won't be able to recognize the drive. __________________ "Taking Your Posting to the Next Level" "Unofficial Posting Guidelines" "Forum FAQs, Guidelines, and Rules" "Signatures: Content, Size and readability" Last edited by redduc900; 09-13-04 at 07:46 AM.
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Captain U Member Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: lakewood n.j.	my sata drivers came on my motherboard CD. good luck
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Zuzzz Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Middletown, Ohio	you MAY have to tell your motherboard the boot order. If you dont allow for the RAID controller to be the 'primary' controller installing the floppy wont work. Be sure the BIOS settings allow the RAID array to be the 'first boot drive'. Also be SURE you have the RAID controller 'enabled' if it is on the motherboard. If you do not enabvle the RAID/SATA controller the install will not work. Then while installing Windows press F6 as instructed and insert the floppy you created from the manufacturers website. This will be possibly a (.zip)file or (.exe)file you will download from the makers of the SATA RAID CONTROLLER (more than likely the maker of your motherboard)(not the HDD drive maker)and create a floppy disk with it. That will be the floppy XP installer asks for when you boot set up XP and press F6. Z __________________ Core i7 2600k @ 4.7GHz (1.400v)Orthos/Prime95 stable on Asus P8Z68-V/GEN3 16GB - G.Skill PC12800 9-9-9-24 XFX HD6950 1GB(Stock speeds for now) Coolermaster 212 Plus - Heat pipe FOLD for LIFE !! "Folding for Team32" --------------------- Zuzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
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rcillig Member Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Nebraska USA	just make if boot from cd start to install windows press f6 and then load the sata drivers then it will format and install on your sata drive. But you must press f6 right at the begining of the windows install or it wont ask for the disk to load them. Your motherboard should of came with the sata drivers but if not here is the site to get them from. I dont know where exactly they are but my brother found them there. http://www.siimage.com/products/starterkit_sii3112.asp __________________ Windows 7 X64 Ultimate, HAF 932 Intel i7-2700k Asus Maximus IV Extreme-Z, 16GB Mushkin PC3 1700 (4x4) Enermax Revolution 1020W PCI'E Sapphire HD 6990, Asus Xonar DX2 OCZ Vertex 3 120gig SSD(OS Installed) - 1TB Seagate(storage) - 250gig WD (Storage) - 3TB Hitachi(Storage External) Heatware ID HAF 932 Build 2010
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