Clean install is stalled

[Ron]

I'm in the middle of installing XP Home on a bare SATA drive, have
entered the controller card driver and reach the partitioning screen. At
this
point, Setup says "there is no disk in the drive" and shows the drive as
"157066MB disk 0 at Id 0 on bus 0 on si3112 (MBR)." It will let me
create a partition, then says "this disk does not contain a Windows
XP-compatible partition" and stalls progress at that point. A few days
ago I was using this drive for backup files in my system, then wiped it
clean for this install. I'm entering the same controller driver in
Setup as I used to install the drive originally. SCSI/ATA100 is enabled
in the BIOS and no other hard drives are connected. Why isn't the drive
recognized?

 

[Guest]

I just learned this--but SATA drives require you to perform an additional
step. At the beginning of installation, a question comes up at the bottom of
the screen about installing drivers for non-standard drives (not the exact
terminology) You have to press the F key indicated and install the SATA
drivers first before continuing the install.

 

[Ron]

Thanks, but I did that. Setup says to press F6 if a third-party driver
needs to installed. My driver was accepted, but the drive still isn't
recognized.

 

[DL]

I take it your using a Silicon Image driver/controler, where did you obtain
the SI driver from? and are you sure you obtained the correct SI driver?

 

[Ron]

From SIIG's Website. Version 10047.

I take it your using a Silicon Image driver/controler, where did you obtain
the SI driver from? and are you sure you obtained the correct SI driver?



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[DL]

Have you tried the sata driver from your mobo web site - there is a train of
thought that says the mobo.site driver may differ from the driver supplied
by SI - not that I've had such a problem.
I realise that this hd was in use before, but have you checked hd manu.site
for a disk checking utility?

 

[Ron]

I've been unable to find any disk drivers for my MB at Asus site.

 

[Ron]

And Hitachi offers a drive fitness test for the hd, which my drive
passed OK. But they defer to Asus and SI re my problem.