WinXP with slipstreamed SP2 -- SATA drivers?

[Neil Harrington]

I have read that Windows XP SP2 installation discs have temporary SATA
drivers, making it unnecessary to go the bothersome F6 and floppy drive
route (especially bothersome when there's no floppy drive in the machine).

If I slipstream SP2 (using the full downloaded 266MB file) into an earlier
WinXP installation disc, will that also include the SATA drivers?

 

[GTS]

SP2 did not include SATA drivers.

 

[peter]

If you are aiming to slipstream SP2 into XP why not add the SATA drivers
from your mobo CD at the same time??
peter

 

[Neil Harrington]

SP2 did not include SATA drivers.

Some different online sources say it did, not the real drivers for the
particular hardware but temporary SATA drivers that could be used to get
Windows installed, after which the proper drivers could be installed from
the motherboard drivers disc.

Here's one forum with some Q & A about this:
http://www.hothardware.com/forum/me...d=22321&STARTPAGE=4&FTVAR_FORUMVIEWTMP=Linear

 

[Neil Harrington]

If you are aiming to slipstream SP2 into XP why not add the SATA drivers
from your mobo CD at the same time??

Yep, that's what I'll do if necessary. Being lazy, I'm just looking for the
easiest way. ;-)

 

[GHalleck]

Some different online sources say it did, not the real drivers for the
particular hardware but temporary SATA drivers that could be used to get
Windows installed, after which the proper drivers could be installed from
the motherboard drivers disc.

Here's one forum with some Q & A about this:
http://www.hothardware.com/forum/me...d=22321&STARTPAGE=4&FTVAR_FORUMVIEWTMP=Linear

And then there are some recent motherboards whose SATA ports are
natively identified by their bioses and can be used without having
to download drivers from external sources.