How to install XP l on a SATA system

[David Kinston]

I'm trying to install XP on a new PC with a SATA drive.
XP does not recognise the hard disk.

I'm prompted to install diskette(s) with .inf files, and
later the setup diskette. But I don't have them!
All I have is the MB CDROM. No doubt the drivers are
there, but how do I access them?

Can I copy the required files onto a floppy? If so, which
files are they.

The driver CD does not appear tio offer any help, or a
utility to create a floppy.

The motherboard is gigabyte GA-8VT880P.
Couldn't find the answer on their website.


David Kinston
melbourne.au

 

[David Kinston]

hi Shenan

Now now, no need to be sarcastic (yet).

Been there, done that!
Downloaded the file, ran it, copied files to to floppy.

Windows was happy.

So was I, until a few minutes later when I was prompted for
ANOTHER diskette with the actual drivers (not the inf file),
after I the select and format partition screen.

David K

 

[Shenan Stanley]

I'm trying to install XP on a new PC with a SATA drive.
XP does not recognise the hard disk.

I'm prompted to install diskette(s) with .inf files, and
later the setup diskette. But I don't have them!
All I have is the MB CDROM. No doubt the drivers are
there, but how do I access them?

Can I copy the required files onto a floppy? If so, which
files are they.

The driver CD does not appear tio offer any help, or a
utility to create a floppy.

The motherboard is gigabyte GA-8VT880P.
Couldn't find the answer on their website.

You mean here?:
http://www.gigabyte.com.tw/Support/...d&ProductID=1912&ProductName=GA-8VT880P Combo

( Short link: http://snipurl.com/pubr )

Where they list the driver you need to download under the SATA RAID section,
with the text:
"VIA VT8237 SATA RAID(Preinstall driver, press F6 during Windows setup to
read from floppy)" next to it?

 

[Shenan Stanley]

I'm trying to install XP on a new PC with a SATA drive.
XP does not recognise the hard disk.

I'm prompted to install diskette(s) with .inf files, and
later the setup diskette. But I don't have them!
All I have is the MB CDROM. No doubt the drivers are
there, but how do I access them?

Can I copy the required files onto a floppy? If so, which
files are they.

The driver CD does not appear tio offer any help, or a
utility to create a floppy.

The motherboard is gigabyte GA-8VT880P.
Couldn't find the answer on their website.

You mean here?:
http://www.gigabyte.com.tw/Support/...d&ProductID=1912&ProductName=GA-8VT880P Combo

( Short link: http://snipurl.com/pubr )

Where they list the driver you need to download under the SATA RAID
section, with the text:
"VIA VT8237 SATA RAID(Preinstall driver, press F6 during Windows
setup to read from floppy)" next to it?

Been there, done that!
Downloaded the file, ran it, copied files to to floppy.

Windows was happy.

So was I, until a few minutes later when I was prompted for
ANOTHER diskette with the actual drivers (not the inf file),
after I the select and format partition screen.

The diskette does contain the driver. \I386\NT5 contains the .sys file and
the OEM files all point to it. That would be your Windows XP driver.

The directory structure should look like:
\TXTSETUP.OEM
\AMD64\TXTSETUP.OEM
\AMD64\VIAMRX64
\AMD64\2003X64\VIAMRX64.CAT
\AMD64\2003X64\VIAMRX64.INF
\AMD64\2003X64\VIAMRX64.SYS
\I386\TXTSETUP.OEM
\I386\VIAMRAID
\I386\NT4\VIAMRAID.INF
\I386\NT4\VIAMRAID.SYS
\I386\NT5\VIAMRAID.CAT
\I386\NT5\VIAMRAID.INF
\I386\NT5\VIAMRAID.SYS

If it asks again - and I have seen this - you should be able to point to the
same place - or directly to said directory.

Although - I do feel the need to ask - how updated is your Windows XP
Installation CD? Does it have SP2 integrated? All post-sp2 patches?

 

[David.au]

The very latest XP install CDROM.
I am prompted to install the diskette in drive A.
When windows can;t find the files it needs, I can either
try again or abort - no ability to browse or change the path.

However now that I know which are the required files,
I should be able to succeed.

Thanks meanwhile.

DK


Are you

 

[David Kinston]

I copied the 3 files from NT5 into the 2 higher-level directories,
and inserted the diskette while booting from the windows CDROM.

At the final stage before formatting I see:
Setup cannot copy the file: viamraid.sys

This file IS on the diskette, size 60KB.
All 3 files are there in the NT5 directory.
After aborting, I copied them into all of the directories on the diskette.

Setup still aborts.

What now?

DK Melbourne

The very latest XP install CDROM.
I am prompted to install the diskette in drive A.
When windows can;t find the files it needs, I can either
try again or abort - no ability to browse or change the path.

However now that I know which are the required files,
I should be able to succeed.

Thanks meanwhile.

DK


Are you

 

[Robert Moir]

I copied the 3 files from NT5 into the 2 higher-level directories,
and inserted the diskette while booting from the windows CDROM.

At the final stage before formatting I see:
Setup cannot copy the file: viamraid.sys

This file IS on the diskette, size 60KB.
All 3 files are there in the NT5 directory.
After aborting, I copied them into all of the directories on the
diskette.

Setup still aborts.

What now?

Try to get the drivers from a different source.

http://www.viaarena.com/default.aspx?PageID=2 is probably a good place to
start.

--
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Rob Moir, Microsoft MVP
Blog Site - http://www.robertmoir.com
Virtual PC 2004 FAQ - http://www.robertmoir.co.uk/win/VirtualPC2004FAQ.html
I'm always surprised at "professionals" who STILL have to be asked "Have you
checked (event viewer / syslog)".

 

[David Kinston]

Well, it's a bit strange, but the news is good!
..
I copied the files to another diskette, and tried
installing again, without altering the procedure.

This time it came up with the 3 expected driver choices,
and the install went smoothly.

Sheesh!

David Kinston
melbourne.au

 

[Guest]

Hi David

I'm also having same problem but I need to install the driver on my Lapto
and I don't have Floppy Drive. Is it possible to use USB Pen Drive as Floppy
Drive.

Regards

Rakesh

 

[David Kinston]

I have a USB floppy for use on my laptop.

Hi David

I'm also having same problem but I need to install the driver on my Lapto
and I don't have Floppy Drive. Is it possible to use USB Pen Drive as Floppy
Drive.

Regards

Rakesh

 

[betosmash]

I had the same problem while trying to install Windows XP Pro SP2 with a MSI PT880 FSR mobo. First of all, I had to limit my HDD to 1.5 Gb mode so the mobo could detect it. Then I pressed F6 when prompted to install the SATA driver from the floppy, I've downloaded a rar from MSI website and extracted the files to a floppy disk. In my case the directory structure was:

\TXTSETUP.OEM
\I386\TXTSETUP.OEM
\I386\VIAMRAID
\I386\NT4\VIAMRAID.INF
\I386\NT4\VIAMRAID.SYS
\I386\NT5\VIAMRAID.CAT
\I386\NT5\VIAMRAID.INF
\I386\NT5\VIAMRAID.SYS

after some minutes of copying files I'm prompted to insert the "VIA COMBO Driver Diskette" so I did but then an error message saying the file viamraid.sys couldn't be copy. So I tried copying the file to the root, it didn't work. I'm a little bit lazy so I copied the 3 files on NT5 Floder to every folder on the floppy including the root and overwriting any existing file and then copying the NT5 folder to the root and it worked.. I couldn't say what's the correct way but I guess it could be copying the NT5 folder to the root. I hope this helps. Pardon my english is not good, I'm from Peru.

 

[betosmash]

I've forgot to mention that after pressing F& and some file copying I was prompted to install the device and the floppy worked and I was able to select the XP driver and then the install program continued copying files and again I was prompted to insert the "VIA COMBO Driver Diskette" from this point I explain what happened in the previous post. Sorry