Switching SATA Controllers in XP

[bob]

My motherboard supports a Via Southbridge SATA Raid
Controller, and a Promise FastTrak 378 SATA Raid
Controller. When I installed Windows XP, I needed to
press F6 to specify drivers for the RAID controller I was
using because Windows XP doesn't have native support for
SATA controllers. When I installed Windows, I had my hard
drive hooked up to the Via Controller. I set everything
up and it works. I want to change to the Promise
Controller but I am having some problems doing it. I went
into my BIOS and enabled the Promise Controller, set up
my array in the Promise BIOS, but when I reach the part
where Windows should normally startup, it my computer
just restarts because Windows doesn't have the right
drivers for the FastTrak Controller. I can't install the
drivers in Windows because I don't have any hard drives
connected to this Controller, so Windows won't recognize
it. I am assuming that I need to place the drivers
somewhere in the Windows folder manually. If so, where
should I put them? If not, how can I accomplish this?

 

[Guest]

You should be able to use the add hardware wizard and
install the card and drivers and then re-boot and swap
the drives to the new card.

 

[bob]

Thanks so much!!! I already tried to do that, but I said
that I didn't connect the hardware yet, and it wouldn't
let me continue. What I had to do is say I did connect it
and tell XP it didn't recognize it... Thanks again!