Installing XP pro on 160GB SATA drive

[Christian F]

When installing, all I get is 'setup is inspecting your computer
hardware
configuration' white writing on a black screen then blank screen
(first thing you get when booting from CD.
No blue screen of the windows setup program.
My bios sees the 160gb SATA no problem, but the windows setup progra
won't
run, it just hangs, tried removing all pci cards from system.
Even run the drive in another machine as a secondary drive, xp sees i
no
problem, formatted it no problem, but if I try to install on it
nothing.

Any ideas? Is my drive faulty (its brand new)

 

[DL]

To check with hd is faulty, visit hd manu website and download checking
utility

 

[Linda]

Unlikely it is faulty. XP cannot see SATA drives.
It needs a floppy disk with the Sata Driver.
System boots, reads BIOS, runs XP install disk,
finds Floppy driver, loads Sata then allows you to install
HTH

 

[peterk]

1. Insert the Windows XP CD-ROM and reboot the computer
If you see a message about hitting any key to boot the CD, do so now.
OTHERWISE, you will see a message about Setup inspecting your system.



peterk