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System: Dell Dimension 4600
Pentium 4 2.8GHz
1GB DDR3200 RAM
40GB 5400RPM HDD (existing)
120GB SATA 7200RPM HDD (new add)
ATI Radeon 9800 Pro (128MB)
I've been disappointed with this system's speed from the get-go. Always been
an AMD man. Anyway, trying to improve on the 5400 RPM 40GB drive that was
installed from the factory by upgrading to a 120GB Serial ATA HDD and the
accompanying Link Depot Serial ATA card (uses Silicon Images 3112 version 2
driver). [Motherboard only features IDE ATA/100 controllers - No SATA]
After some doing, I got the existing Windows XP (on 40GB) to recognize the
new SATA drive and got it formatted. Now my problem is that when I try to
reboot (after disconnecting the 40GB drive) to load windows on the new SATA
drive, windows asks for the third party SCSI/Raid driver diskette. Well the
drivers were supplied on a CD-Rom and the Dell Dimension 4600 does not come
with a floppy drive! So windows doesn't even see that I have a HDD installed
and aborts the install.
Hope I haven't lost anyone.
How can I get windows loaded onto this new SATA HDD??!?!!?
PLEASE HELP!!
Pentium 4 2.8GHz
1GB DDR3200 RAM
40GB 5400RPM HDD (existing)
120GB SATA 7200RPM HDD (new add)
ATI Radeon 9800 Pro (128MB)
I've been disappointed with this system's speed from the get-go. Always been
an AMD man. Anyway, trying to improve on the 5400 RPM 40GB drive that was
installed from the factory by upgrading to a 120GB Serial ATA HDD and the
accompanying Link Depot Serial ATA card (uses Silicon Images 3112 version 2
driver). [Motherboard only features IDE ATA/100 controllers - No SATA]
After some doing, I got the existing Windows XP (on 40GB) to recognize the
new SATA drive and got it formatted. Now my problem is that when I try to
reboot (after disconnecting the 40GB drive) to load windows on the new SATA
drive, windows asks for the third party SCSI/Raid driver diskette. Well the
drivers were supplied on a CD-Rom and the Dell Dimension 4600 does not come
with a floppy drive! So windows doesn't even see that I have a HDD installed
and aborts the install.
Hope I haven't lost anyone.
How can I get windows loaded onto this new SATA HDD??!?!!?
PLEASE HELP!!