s-ata HDD detection issue

[Guest]

Hi.

A few days ago when I started my PC it says that windows is damaged during
the startup. "OK fair enough" I thought since it has been running flawlessly
for over 1 year now. So I reinstall windows instead of repairing it since I
thought that I was in need of a format anyways. So now I've made a normal
NTFS format on the system HDD and windows works as it should. My USB + gfx +
NIC + S-ata HDD wasn't detected after first install. But after installing sp2
and NIC drivers and USB drivers everything now works except a raid unit
(s-ata HDD i suspect).

How hard can it be to install a s-ata HDD? I can see it when BIOS loads but
windows doesn't detect it. Partition magic doesn't detect it. The s-ata HDD
is a wester digial caviar 200GB. I've downloaded the s-ata drivers from their
homepage but I can't really figure out how I should use it. I've tried using
"add hardware" wizard and added those drivers but it doesn't help.

What am I doing wrong? Any ideas?

 

[Guest]

You need to configure a RAID set before you install windows.First configure
for RAID in the BIOS,after you exit BIOS the RAID configuration utility
starts,
set up both SATA drives for RAID,exit,you would then boot to xp cd,press F6
install drivers,then procceed to install xp.If only a SATA drive is used
w/o RAID,
then windows can install the drivers for the controller,however you'd still
need
to run F6 option.If you run an intel controller for RAID,get the drivers
from them.

 

[Guest]

thanks for the reply. However I dont have any RAID. It's a stand-alone s-ata
HDD. I think i loaded the correct drivers for the s-ata HDD during windows
installtion but the HDD didnt show up on the list when I was about to choose
installtion space. And my problem now is that the controller doesnt install
properly it seems.

I have a Asus MB K800 deluxe & western digital calviar 200gb (JD i think)


Any more ideas?

 

[peterk]

In the first stage of Setup, you will see a series of blue and gray
MS-DOS-based screens. In the first step, you will be asked to press F6 if
you need to install any third-party or RAID drivers.
At which point XP will look only at the floppy drive and load the SATA
drivers...................you might need to point them out.If your not sure
if you got the right ones go to the ASUS download site and double check.
You can do this again by doing a "repair" installation.

On the other hand how many HD do you have?? and what did XP install on??
peterk