installation of xp home on my new system

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I have an ASUS P5N32 sli se delux mobo, an SATA wd 36 gig raptor, a sony
dvd/cd drive (primary IDE master), wd 120 gig hd (secondary IDE master) and I
am getting hung up every time i try to install xp home at the (Setup is
Starting Windows) portion of setup. I have literally tried everything (other
than resetting CMOS and starting over) to get things running. The 120 gig hd
is not functioning as anything other than data storage; the 36 gig hd will
run xp home. The BIOS version is the most up-to-date (2040) for the mobo.
If anyone has any ideas here, please let me know. The only thing I can think
of is that because my XP home disk is not a disk with SP2 on it, it may be
causing the system to hang and time out. Any input is appreciated.

Rob

 

[Dave B.]

I believe you need to press F6 during boot from the CD and feed it the
chipset driver from a floppy, look at the bottom of the screen, it's shortly
after bootup.

 

[Bruce Chambers]

I have an ASUS P5N32 sli se delux mobo, an SATA wd 36 gig raptor, a sony
dvd/cd drive (primary IDE master), wd 120 gig hd (secondary IDE master) and I
am getting hung up every time i try to install xp home at the (Setup is
Starting Windows) portion of setup. I have literally tried everything (other
than resetting CMOS and starting over) to get things running. The 120 gig hd
is not functioning as anything other than data storage; the 36 gig hd will
run xp home. The BIOS version is the most up-to-date (2040) for the mobo.
If anyone has any ideas here, please let me know. The only thing I can think
of is that because my XP home disk is not a disk with SP2 on it, it may be
causing the system to hang and time out. Any input is appreciated.

Rob

It may be that WinXP doesn't include drivers to support your specific
SATA controller. Try this:

Very early in the boot process, just after having booted from the WinXP
CD, the screen will display the words to the effect: "Setup is examining
your system." Press <F6> when this happens, and have the
*manufacturer's* WinXP-specific drivers for your SATA controller
available on a floppy disk.


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Bruce Chambers

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