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I read through a lot of discussions in the is newsgroup that all sound very similar to my problem; however, none are exactly the same (i'm not usig a RAID configuration, justa signle drive) and the solutions offered haven't solved my problem. I'm currently building a new machine from scratch. I'm using an Asus K8V SE motherboard and a Seagate Barracuda SATA drive. The machine is built and I'm getting hung up on the installation of Windows. I am attempting to install Win XP Pro from the original version 2002 disc from when XP was first released, though from what I've read it appears that I should be using SP1. I had hoped I could at least complete the install, then go to teh MS site an update to SP1 via Windows Update.
I boot off the CD, press [F6], press after setup has loaded all the drivers, load the WinXP version of the driver off the floppy without incident, then it allows me the option of hitting again or hitting [Enter] to continue with the installation (same screen I saw before but now with my drive shown at the top). I hit [Enter] and it brings me to the install a new copy, etc. screen where I choose to install a new copy of Windows. At this point it tells me that it couldn't find a hard drive in my system or that I need to run diagnostics provided by the manufacturer. It's like I never bothered hitting [F6} and loading the new driver.
I'm using the freshest BIOS and driver available from Asus. SATA Bootrom is enabled in the BIOS, and I've tried setting the Promise controller to settings to RAID and Onboard IDE. SATA cable is plugged into the proper pins on the mobo according to the Asus manual.
I'm thinking that part of my problem is that I should be installing off a Win XP Pro SP1 disc instead of this old one, but I realloy don't want to part with the money since I already have a license for the same product and will only be using it on one computer. Does anyone know if I have to go out and buy a newer copy, or am I just doing something wrong?
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
I boot off the CD, press [F6], press
I'm using the freshest BIOS and driver available from Asus. SATA Bootrom is enabled in the BIOS, and I've tried setting the Promise controller to settings to RAID and Onboard IDE. SATA cable is plugged into the proper pins on the mobo according to the Asus manual.
I'm thinking that part of my problem is that I should be installing off a Win XP Pro SP1 disc instead of this old one, but I realloy don't want to part with the money since I already have a license for the same product and will only be using it on one computer. Does anyone know if I have to go out and buy a newer copy, or am I just doing something wrong?
Any help would be greatly appreciated.