SATA problem in new XP installation

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Chema

I want to do a new XP installation in a brand new SAMSUMG
160 Gb SATA Hardisk.
My config is a new Asus MOBO, presumably up to date BIOS,
memory 512 MB, AMD 2600+.

HD is already installed and recognised as SATA Channel 0
with 160 GB by BIOS on start up messages. So I assume is
correctly installed.

IF booting from XP CD, XP installation tells me that HD is
not partitioned/formatted and need to do it.
If booting from a W98 floppy, and try to fdisk it, Fdisk
only recognises 23 GB.
I go ahead, format the 23 GBs, and then try the CD Boot
for XP installation... and get error message for wrong HD
parameters.
After that, PC does not even boot; Computer stops
at "verifying dmi pool data..." and I had to "fdisk /mbr"
to make it boot again.
Any suggestions on how to install XP on the HD?
 
Chema said:
I want to do a new XP installation in a brand new SAMSUMG
160 Gb SATA Hardisk.
My config is a new Asus MOBO, presumably up to date BIOS,
memory 512 MB, AMD 2600+.

HD is already installed and recognised as SATA Channel 0
with 160 GB by BIOS on start up messages. So I assume is
correctly installed.

IF booting from XP CD, XP installation tells me that HD is
not partitioned/formatted and need to do it.
If booting from a W98 floppy, and try to fdisk it, Fdisk
only recognises 23 GB.
I go ahead, format the 23 GBs, and then try the CD Boot
for XP installation... and get error message for wrong HD
parameters.
After that, PC does not even boot; Computer stops
at "verifying dmi pool data..." and I had to "fdisk /mbr"
to make it boot again.
Any suggestions on how to install XP on the HD?
Click to expand...

What Windows XP media are you using? OEM? Full? Why not format the drive
under the XP install?
 
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What Windows XP media are you using? OEM? Full? Why not format the drive
under the XP install?
Click to expand...
Using a full XP CD. But it does not install in the HD if I
do not partition/format in advance.
 
Hi, are you 'F6'ing at the first Xp installation blue screen and loading the
drivers from a floppy?
Chris C
 
What drivers? I am trying to install in a SATA HD,
recognised by Bios. No need to install any drivers. I
think that you are refering to SCSI drives, but it is not
the case.

I want to do a new XP installation in a brand new SAMSUMG
160 Gb SATA Hardisk. I am using full Windows XP CD.
My config is a new Asus MOBO, presumably up to date BIOS,
memory 512 MB, AMD 2600+.
HD is already installed and recognised as SATA Channel 0
with 160 GB by BIOS on start up messages. So I assume is
correctly installed.
IF booting from XP CD, XP installation tells me that HD is
not partitioned/formatted and need to do it.
If booting from a W98 floppy, and try to fdisk it, Fdisk
only recognises 23 GB.
I go ahead, format the 23 GBs, and then try the CD Boot
for XP installation... and get error message for wrong
HD parameters.
After that, PC does not even boot; Computer stops
at "verifying dmi pool data..." and I had
to "fdisk /mbr"
to make it boot again.
Any suggestions on how to install XP on the HD?
 
-----Original Message-----
I want to do a new XP installation in a brand new SAMSUMG
160 Gb SATA Hardisk.
My config is a new Asus MOBO, presumably up to date BIOS,
memory 512 MB, AMD 2600+.

HD is already installed and recognised as SATA Channel 0
with 160 GB by BIOS on start up messages. So I assume is
correctly installed.

IF booting from XP CD, XP installation tells me that HD is
not partitioned/formatted and need to do it.
If booting from a W98 floppy, and try to fdisk it, Fdisk
only recognises 23 GB.
I go ahead, format the 23 GBs, and then try the CD Boot
for XP installation... and get error message for wrong HD
parameters.
After that, PC does not even boot; Computer stops
at "verifying dmi pool data..." and I had to "fdisk /mbr"
to make it boot again.
Any suggestions on how to install XP on the HD?
.
Click to expand...
Partition the hard drive up to the 127GB limit with the
XP CD by booting from it. Format in NTFS, again from the
CD and install XP. Apply SP1 to enable you to see the
rest of the hard drive and partion it in Computer
Management.
 
Sometime on, or about Fri, 7 Nov 2003 06:26:23 -0800, Chema scribbled:
What drivers? I am trying to install in a SATA HD,
recognised by Bios. No need to install any drivers. I
think that you are refering to SCSI drives, but it is not
the case.
Click to expand...

BIOS may recognize the drive, but Windows won't without the SATA drivers.
Use the F6 key (as mentioned below) and then insert the floppy with the
SATA drivers and it should use them in the installation process. The prompt
mentions SCSI or RAID, but this applies to SATA as well.

Sam
 
You were absolutely right, guys.
For the rest of the world... here is the solution:
I copied the SATA controller files from the motherboard
CD to a floppy, start windows installation from CD and
when prompted, press F6.
Windows ask for the floppy,... place in the unit, press a
key and windows installation continues normally
 
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