Installing WinXP Pro (non-SP1) on SATA

[glyphrunner]

I have WinXP Pro (non-ServicePack 1) and I am needing to
install on my new system. Unfortunately, it seems that
it doesn't recognize a Serial ATA hard drive. Is there
any way around this?

My only other option is a 200GB IDE hard drive, but I
have been informed that WinXP non-SP1 does not recognize
the large drive volume hard drives either.

Please help!

 

[Carey Frisch [MVP]]

It's easy to make a SP1 slipstreamed version of Windows XP.
I would suggest doing so in order to avoid installation issues.

Create A Bootable Windows XP Installation CD Slipstreamed with SP1
http://www.theeldergeek.com/slipstreamed_xpsp1_cd.htm

--
Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows XP - Shell/User

Be Smart! Protect your PC!
http://www.microsoft.com/security/protect/

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|I have WinXP Pro (non-ServicePack 1) and I am needing to
| install on my new system. Unfortunately, it seems that
| it doesn't recognize a Serial ATA hard drive. Is there
| any way around this?
|
| My only other option is a 200GB IDE hard drive, but I
| have been informed that WinXP non-SP1 does not recognize
| the large drive volume hard drives either.
|
| Please help!

 

[Mike Kolitz]

I haven't read a whole lot about SATA drives, and I honestly have very
little experience with them, but my experience so far has been that no
version of Windows natively supports SATA drives yet.

On the system I installed Windows XP on with a SATA drive, I had to provide
a floppy disk with the SATA driver after we booted to the XP CD-ROM. After
that, things worked just fine.