Installing XP Pro on SATA drive

[One too many]

I've bought a new PC, shinny with lots of flashing LEDs.

Anyway, I went for a SATA drive, and I've got a spare (and a 2-3 year old)
copy of XP Pro that I want to install on it. Problem is that the
installation does not find a hard drive (nb: bios finds it ok). How can I
install XP?

Tools that I have are:
1 laptop running XP, with CDRW and lots of storage.

Thanks

Richard.

 

[Mike Brannigan [MSFT]]

I've bought a new PC, shinny with lots of flashing LEDs.

Anyway, I went for a SATA drive, and I've got a spare (and a 2-3 year old)
copy of XP Pro that I want to install on it. Problem is that the
installation does not find a hard drive (nb: bios finds it ok). How can I
install XP?

Press F6 to install the SATA drivers during the setup process (you will need
them on a floppy disk)

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[Rafael]

I had the same issue with a Dell Precision 370 and the solution was to
change the BIOS to "combination" and this allowed me to install XP as I
would on an IDE based PC.

Rafael

 

[Guest]

http://www.djdenham.com/8400 Special.htm, though for a dell this is the
issue. You need to change your setting in the bios. I had the same issue on
my pc, I changed the bios setting and poof windows saw my hard drive