Install on WinXP on SATA won't boot

[Guest]

Hi all!

I'm haveing problem installing Windows XP on my Segate 200gb SATA drive. I
can get through the text based part of the install but when the computer
reboots it says "cannot load operating system". I have tried to add SATA
driver with F6, same result. And I've tried with booth WinXP with SP1 and SP2
intergraded. Same error.
The funny part i that i have another Segate 200gb SATA and as far as I can
recall windows installed just fine on that one.
I've also remove the old hardddrive and put the new one in the old one's
place, still doesn't work

Any ideas anyone?

 

[Steve N.]

Hi all!

I'm haveing problem installing Windows XP on my Segate 200gb SATA drive. I
can get through the text based part of the install but when the computer
reboots it says "cannot load operating system". I have tried to add SATA
driver with F6, same result. And I've tried with booth WinXP with SP1 and SP2
intergraded. Same error.
The funny part i that i have another Segate 200gb SATA and as far as I can
recall windows installed just fine on that one.
I've also remove the old hardddrive and put the new one in the old one's
place, still doesn't work

Any ideas anyone?

Couple of things to try...

Test the drive with Seagate's Seatools.

http://www.seagate.com/support/seatools/

Test your RAM with Memtest86 and with MS Windows Memory diag - I've seen
bad RAM pass one but not the other.

www.memtest86.com
http://oca.microsoft.com/en/windiag.asp

Steve

 

[Guest]

With a SATA drive you'll need to configure the BIOS for it,advanced-boot
device
priority (or similiar),select,add-in device,being the RAID controller its
connected
to.Then the on board PCI device needs to enable serial ATA controller,and
SATA
RAID Rom.Then usually thiers,OnChip Serial ATA in integrated peripherals
section,set to enhanced,enabling parallel and SATA.All brds are diffrent but
usually thiers 3 settings for SATA.

 

[Anonymous]

I already have one SATA HDD with windows on it, and it boots just fine. So i
don't think there's any BIOS setting problem. But I'll check it anyway just
to be sure.

Ulrik

 

[Guest]

With Serial ATA you don't need to worry about master and slave but you do
need to make sure you have the bootable drive plugged into the SATA port
labeled SATA1. I had the same problem. If you plug it into sata2 it wont
work. Also you don't need a RAID driver to install sata drives. WIN XP 32
just recognizes it as a removeable drive. SO Don't remove it. I did once and
it was very strange.

 

[R. McCarty]

Huh? - Specific SATA channels have no restrictions as to boot
capability. That is a function of the BIOS, in the sequencing &
controller settings.