Installation of Serial ATA Drives

[Guest]

How can I get Windows XP to recognize Serial ATA drives?????

The drives are recognized by te Bios and shows up in the set-up but when
trying to install xp pro message appears ..... Setup does not find any hard
drives installed in your computer.

What can I do????????/

Thanks in advance

RJC

 

[Guest]

Simply set the BIOS to boot to xp cd,press the F6 option,install the drivers
for the SATA controller from the floppy youre board mfg supplied,or download
them from intel to a MS-DOS formatted floppy to run in F6.Intel downloads,
chipset/chipset software,they clearly show the driver package you'll
need.....

 

[DL]

Why would you want to download an Intel driver specifically, it could be any
number of suppliers?

 

[DL]

Read the manual supplied with your mobo, or downoad / read on mobo site.
Different mobos have different requirements.
eg some require a jumper setting or bios setting
And then you may have to use the F6 option during the installation or repair
of win to install sata/raid drivers from floppy.
You should also check as to which version of sata (sata1 /sata2) your mobo
supports and thus whether you have the appropriate sata drive, or have set a
jumper on a sata2 drive to enable sata1 if thats what your mobo supports.

 

[Guest]

What if there is not a floppy drive available? Is there another way to
install the SATA drivers? Nothing in the manual mention this kind of setup.

 

[DL]

You either buy a usb floppy - easiest method, and floppies still have their
uses down the line.
Or you have to create a win installation disk with the drivers slipstreamed
into this
There are instructions on various sites on how. Just google

 

[Peter A. Stavrakoglou]

You either buy a usb floppy - easiest method, and floppies still have
their
uses down the line.
Or you have to create a win installation disk with the drivers
slipstreamed
into this
There are instructions on various sites on how. Just google

A USB floppy drive? Really? I was not aware that a USB floppy drive would
work for. Perhaps this is dependent on the BIOS installed on the
motherboard.

 

[DL]

Yes it works, the same as a usb mouse/keybd works during the win
installation