Will opticals on PCI card keep me from reinstalling XP

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Mark Smith

I figure I better ask to work out any bugs now, but if worst comes to worst,
I can take the computer apart and put an optical on an IDE to the HDD.

When I installed my PCI card that I now use to keep all my opticals on their
own channel, I noticed XP would not install the card. I had to use the
driver that came with card. After I installed the card, I then put all the
opticals on the card.

I think I know the answer, but when I reinstall XP soon, I am going to be in
trouble if I don't switch the optical with XP in it back to a MOBO IDE
cable, right?
 
Mark said:
I figure I better ask to work out any bugs now, but if worst comes to
worst, I can take the computer apart and put an optical on an IDE to
the HDD.

When I installed my PCI card that I now use to keep all my opticals on
their own channel, I noticed XP would not install the card. I had to
use the driver that came with card. After I installed the card, I then
put all the opticals on the card.

I think I know the answer, but when I reinstall XP soon, I am going to
be in trouble if I don't switch the optical with XP in it back to a
MOBO IDE cable, right?
Click to expand...

When you reinstall XP, at the very beginning of the install there is a
time when you can press F6 to load external drivers. That is when you
would load drivers for your controller card.

Malke
 
Mark said:
I figure I better ask to work out any bugs now, but if worst comes to worst,
I can take the computer apart and put an optical on an IDE to the HDD.

When I installed my PCI card that I now use to keep all my opticals on their
own channel, I noticed XP would not install the card. I had to use the
driver that came with card. After I installed the card, I then put all the
opticals on the card.

I think I know the answer, but when I reinstall XP soon, I am going to be in
trouble if I don't switch the optical with XP in it back to a MOBO IDE
cable, right?
Click to expand...

Malke's advice is good (as always), but if it was me I'd not install XP
with any non-essencial hardware installed, especially drives, and add
them later.

Steve N.
 
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