XP Install CD Not found after F6

[Guest]

I'm installing XP home on a new PC with a SATA drive. During the initial
driver load, I pressed F6 and installed the needed SATA drivers. However,
after doing so and pressing "enter" to continue, the installation fails to
find see the installation CD. The CD is in the drive, and it works (I started
the whole install process with the CD). Why is the XP Home installation CD
unrecogniozed after loading SATA drivers via the F6 process?

Note: the m-board chipset is NForce4 Ultra.

 

[Colin Barnhorst]

Check your BIOS for boot priority. It should be Floppy, CD, Hard Drive. If
not, change the order. If the hard drive is ahead of the CD the system
never looks for the CD once the SATA driver is loaded.

 

[Timothy Daniels]

If the CD drive weren't ahead of the hard drives in the boot order,
how would the XP installation CD have been seen? Doesn't the
XP installation CD expect the HD driver(s) to be on floppy disk?

*TimDaniels*

 

[Colin Barnhorst]

If there is nothing to boot on the hard drive, the installer will drop
through to the next candidate on the boot list. Once there is something to
boot on the hard drive the installer will not continue seeking a boot disk.

 

[Guest]

yes - the BIOS boot order is floppy, cd, hard drive. After the "F6" and load
of drivers, the install process tries to continue and informa me that the
correct CD is not in the CD drive. I've even unloaded it and reloaded it to
no avail, it still wants doesn't recognize the disk. I know it's trying - the
cd dirve light flips on when it reads it.

I've also used the CD ( retail CD, not OEM) to perform an install on this PC
prior to my mo-bo upgrade.

 

[Colin Barnhorst]

Is your cd drive connected to the secondary ide controller?

You may need to consult the motherboard manufacturer's site to determine
which options need to be set in the BIOS concerning SATA and PATA. It's
beginning to sound to me like that might be the problem, although I am as
puzzled as you are as to why the SATA driver makes the kind of difference
you describe.

I have an MSI board and everytime I do a BIOS update I have to go back into
the BIOS and reset three or four settings.

I think I would call or email the mobo manufacturer. Be prepared to provide
model numbers on hard drive and even memory.

 

[Guest]

Thanks for your suggestions.... greatly appreciated. This is also an MSI
mother board. I'll check tonight to see which ide controller the cd-rom is
connected to. The BIOS lists the cd-rom as "primary" IDE, but I thought I had
it connected to the secondary plug.

My first thought was that the S-ata driver is stepping on the cd driver
rendering it useless. But it's gotta be something else.

Is your cd drive connected to the secondary ide controller?

You may need to consult the motherboard manufacturer's site to determine
which options need to be set in the BIOS concerning SATA and PATA. It's
beginning to sound to me like that might be the problem, although I am as
puzzled as you are as to why the SATA driver makes the kind of difference
you describe.

I have an MSI board and everytime I do a BIOS update I have to go back into
the BIOS and reset three or four settings.

I think I would call or email the mobo manufacturer. Be prepared to provide
model numbers on hard drive and even memory.

--
Colin Barnhorst [MVP Windows - Virtual Machine]
(Reply to the group only unless otherwise requested)

yes - the BIOS boot order is floppy, cd, hard drive. After the "F6" and
load
of drivers, the install process tries to continue and informa me that the
correct CD is not in the CD drive. I've even unloaded it and reloaded it
to
no avail, it still wants doesn't recognize the disk. I know it's trying -
the
cd dirve light flips on when it reads it.

I've also used the CD ( retail CD, not OEM) to perform an install on this
PC
prior to my mo-bo upgrade.

 

[Colin Barnhorst]

Navigate to the MSI site and send an email (through the link provided).
There will be a lengthy and annoyingly complete form to fill out. I got
back a very precise and accurate set of instructions.

--
Colin Barnhorst [MVP Windows - Virtual Machine]
(Reply to the group only unless otherwise requested)

Thanks for your suggestions.... greatly appreciated. This is also an MSI
mother board. I'll check tonight to see which ide controller the cd-rom is
connected to. The BIOS lists the cd-rom as "primary" IDE, but I thought I
had
it connected to the secondary plug.

My first thought was that the S-ata driver is stepping on the cd driver
rendering it useless. But it's gotta be something else.

Is your cd drive connected to the secondary ide controller?

You may need to consult the motherboard manufacturer's site to determine
which options need to be set in the BIOS concerning SATA and PATA. It's
beginning to sound to me like that might be the problem, although I am as
puzzled as you are as to why the SATA driver makes the kind of difference
you describe.

I have an MSI board and everytime I do a BIOS update I have to go back
into
the BIOS and reset three or four settings.

I think I would call or email the mobo manufacturer. Be prepared to
provide
model numbers on hard drive and even memory.

--
Colin Barnhorst [MVP Windows - Virtual Machine]
(Reply to the group only unless otherwise requested)

yes - the BIOS boot order is floppy, cd, hard drive. After the "F6" and
load
of drivers, the install process tries to continue and informa me that
the
correct CD is not in the CD drive. I've even unloaded it and reloaded
it
to
no avail, it still wants doesn't recognize the disk. I know it's
trying -
the
cd dirve light flips on when it reads it.

I've also used the CD ( retail CD, not OEM) to perform an install on
this
PC
prior to my mo-bo upgrade.

:

If the CD drive weren't ahead of the hard drives in the boot order,
how would the XP installation CD have been seen? Doesn't the
XP installation CD expect the HD driver(s) to be on floppy disk?

*TimDaniels*


:
Check your BIOS for boot priority. It should be Floppy, CD, Hard
Drive. If
not, change the order. If the hard drive is ahead of the CD the
system
never looks for the CD once the SATA driver is loaded.

:
I'm installing XP home on a new PC with a SATA drive. During the
initial
driver load, I pressed F6 and installed the needed SATA drivers.
However,
after doing so and pressing "enter" to continue, the installation
fails to
find see the installation CD. The CD is in the drive, and it works
(I
started
the whole install process with the CD). Why is the XP Home
installation
CD
unrecogniozed after loading SATA drivers via the F6 process?

Note: the m-board chipset is NForce4 Ultra.

 

[Guest]

Colin, Thanks for all your help. Normally I wouldn't fess up to this, but
since you've been so helpful, I'll give you a laugh.

I had everything set up correctly, I just didn't read the error message
correctly. I was using an "Upgrade" CD to perform the install, and the
installation process kept rejecting it until I produced a prior version of
windows before continuing. After inserting a W2K CD, the install went on it's
merry way.

What a dope......

Thanks again.

Navigate to the MSI site and send an email (through the link provided).
There will be a lengthy and annoyingly complete form to fill out. I got
back a very precise and accurate set of instructions.

--
Colin Barnhorst [MVP Windows - Virtual Machine]
(Reply to the group only unless otherwise requested)

Thanks for your suggestions.... greatly appreciated. This is also an MSI
mother board. I'll check tonight to see which ide controller the cd-rom is
connected to. The BIOS lists the cd-rom as "primary" IDE, but I thought I
had
it connected to the secondary plug.

My first thought was that the S-ata driver is stepping on the cd driver
rendering it useless. But it's gotta be something else.

Is your cd drive connected to the secondary ide controller?

You may need to consult the motherboard manufacturer's site to determine
which options need to be set in the BIOS concerning SATA and PATA. It's
beginning to sound to me like that might be the problem, although I am as
puzzled as you are as to why the SATA driver makes the kind of difference
you describe.

I have an MSI board and everytime I do a BIOS update I have to go back
into
the BIOS and reset three or four settings.

I think I would call or email the mobo manufacturer. Be prepared to
provide
model numbers on hard drive and even memory.

--
Colin Barnhorst [MVP Windows - Virtual Machine]
(Reply to the group only unless otherwise requested)
yes - the BIOS boot order is floppy, cd, hard drive. After the "F6" and
load
of drivers, the install process tries to continue and informa me that
the
correct CD is not in the CD drive. I've even unloaded it and reloaded
it
to
no avail, it still wants doesn't recognize the disk. I know it's
trying -
the
cd dirve light flips on when it reads it.

I've also used the CD ( retail CD, not OEM) to perform an install on
this
PC
prior to my mo-bo upgrade.

:

If the CD drive weren't ahead of the hard drives in the boot order,
how would the XP installation CD have been seen? Doesn't the
XP installation CD expect the HD driver(s) to be on floppy disk?

*TimDaniels*


:
Check your BIOS for boot priority. It should be Floppy, CD, Hard
Drive. If
not, change the order. If the hard drive is ahead of the CD the
system
never looks for the CD once the SATA driver is loaded.

:
I'm installing XP home on a new PC with a SATA drive. During the
initial
driver load, I pressed F6 and installed the needed SATA drivers.
However,
after doing so and pressing "enter" to continue, the installation
fails to
find see the installation CD. The CD is in the drive, and it works
(I
started
the whole install process with the CD). Why is the XP Home
installation
CD
unrecogniozed after loading SATA drivers via the F6 process?

Note: the m-board chipset is NForce4 Ultra.

 

[Colin Barnhorst]

I see. Yes, and you have to switch back again as well. You're right, I did
get a laugh. My usual mistake is to leave a floppy in A: and then wonder
why I am getting a "non system disk error". We all do it.

--
Colin Barnhorst [MVP Windows - Virtual Machine]
(Reply to the group only unless otherwise requested)

Colin, Thanks for all your help. Normally I wouldn't fess up to this, but
since you've been so helpful, I'll give you a laugh.

I had everything set up correctly, I just didn't read the error message
correctly. I was using an "Upgrade" CD to perform the install, and the
installation process kept rejecting it until I produced a prior version of
windows before continuing. After inserting a W2K CD, the install went on
it's
merry way.

What a dope......

Thanks again.

Navigate to the MSI site and send an email (through the link provided).
There will be a lengthy and annoyingly complete form to fill out. I got
back a very precise and accurate set of instructions.

--
Colin Barnhorst [MVP Windows - Virtual Machine]
(Reply to the group only unless otherwise requested)

Thanks for your suggestions.... greatly appreciated. This is also an
MSI
mother board. I'll check tonight to see which ide controller the cd-rom
is
connected to. The BIOS lists the cd-rom as "primary" IDE, but I thought
I
had
it connected to the secondary plug.

My first thought was that the S-ata driver is stepping on the cd driver
rendering it useless. But it's gotta be something else.

:

Is your cd drive connected to the secondary ide controller?

You may need to consult the motherboard manufacturer's site to
determine
which options need to be set in the BIOS concerning SATA and PATA.
It's
beginning to sound to me like that might be the problem, although I am
as
puzzled as you are as to why the SATA driver makes the kind of
difference
you describe.

I have an MSI board and everytime I do a BIOS update I have to go back
into
the BIOS and reset three or four settings.

I think I would call or email the mobo manufacturer. Be prepared to
provide
model numbers on hard drive and even memory.

--
Colin Barnhorst [MVP Windows - Virtual Machine]
(Reply to the group only unless otherwise requested)
yes - the BIOS boot order is floppy, cd, hard drive. After the "F6"
and
load
of drivers, the install process tries to continue and informa me
that
the
correct CD is not in the CD drive. I've even unloaded it and
reloaded
it
to
no avail, it still wants doesn't recognize the disk. I know it's
trying -
the
cd dirve light flips on when it reads it.

I've also used the CD ( retail CD, not OEM) to perform an install on
this
PC
prior to my mo-bo upgrade.

:

If the CD drive weren't ahead of the hard drives in the boot order,
how would the XP installation CD have been seen? Doesn't the
XP installation CD expect the HD driver(s) to be on floppy disk?

*TimDaniels*


:
Check your BIOS for boot priority. It should be Floppy, CD, Hard
Drive. If
not, change the order. If the hard drive is ahead of the CD the
system
never looks for the CD once the SATA driver is loaded.

:
I'm installing XP home on a new PC with a SATA drive. During the
initial
driver load, I pressed F6 and installed the needed SATA drivers.
However,
after doing so and pressing "enter" to continue, the
installation
fails to
find see the installation CD. The CD is in the drive, and it
works
(I
started
the whole install process with the CD). Why is the XP Home
installation
CD
unrecogniozed after loading SATA drivers via the F6 process?

Note: the m-board chipset is NForce4 Ultra.

 

[Timothy Daniels]

I had everything set up correctly, I just didn't read the error message
correctly. I was using an "Upgrade" CD to perform the install, and the
installation process kept rejecting it until I produced a prior version of
windows before continuing. After inserting a W2K CD, the install went
on it's merry way.

What a dope......

Yes, what a dope! (I did that recently, too. I had to dig up a copy
of my old Win98 CD.)

*TimDaniels*

 

[Colin Barnhorst]

One time when I was installing Win98SE Upgrade version onto a new hard drive
I used a Win95 CD to satisfy the eligibility. That was a trip because the
installer insisted that I not just stick in the cd, but also point it at the
exact folder with the setup files. It took me 20 minutes of fumbling to get
it right.

 

[Timothy Daniels]

One time when I was installing Win98SE Upgrade version onto a new hard drive
I used a Win95 CD to satisfy the eligibility. That was a trip because the
installer insisted that I not just stick in the cd, but also point it at the
exact folder with the setup files. It took me 20 minutes of fumbling to get
it right.

Whatever it takes to keep the CD happy.

*TimDan*

 

[Michael Stevens]

In

I'm installing XP home on a new PC with a SATA drive. During the
initial driver load, I pressed F6 and installed the needed SATA
drivers. However, after doing so and pressing "enter" to continue,
the installation fails to find see the installation CD. The CD is in
the drive, and it works (I started the whole install process with the
CD). Why is the XP Home installation CD unrecogniozed after loading
SATA drivers via the F6 process?

Note: the m-board chipset is NForce4 Ultra.

This sounds like a hard ware problem. Make sure you have the correct cable
and jumper settings, [and on the first boot , check the bios for the hard
drive configurations] for the hard drive mother board combination you have
setup. Also reseat all PCI, Video , hard drives [cd-rom, cdrw, dvd, dvdrw,
ram modules, etc.
--
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[Michael Stevens]

In

Colin, Thanks for all your help. Normally I wouldn't fess up to this,
but since you've been so helpful, I'll give you a laugh.

I had everything set up correctly, I just didn't read the error
message correctly. I was using an "Upgrade" CD to perform the
install, and the installation process kept rejecting it until I
produced a prior version of windows before continuing. After
inserting a W2K CD, the install went on it's merry way.

What a dope......

Thanks again.

Well John,
Thanks for the confirmation a Win 2k CD will work as a qualifier for using
the XP Home upgrade to do a clean install.
I am assuming this was a clean install.
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[D.Currie]

I recall one unhappy day when I had to use a floppy set as an upgrade
qualification for some OS install for a customer. It wasn't happy with just
looking at one floppy, it kept asking for different ones, then repeating
some...I think it looked at ten or so floppies before it was satisfied. And
of course the floppies had been bounced around a bit, so they didn't always
read on first try. It probably took longer to verify than to install.

One time when I was installing Win98SE Upgrade version onto a new hard
drive I used a Win95 CD to satisfy the eligibility. That was a trip
because the installer insisted that I not just stick in the cd, but also
point it at the exact folder with the setup files. It took me 20 minutes
of fumbling to get it right.

--
Colin Barnhorst [MVP Windows - Virtual Machine]
(Reply to the group only unless otherwise requested)

Yes, what a dope! (I did that recently, too. I had to dig up a copy
of my old Win98 CD.)

*TimDaniels*

 

[Colin Barnhorst]

I hate those times. Of course by the time verification is finished you are
so fed up with the whole thing that you just want to get on with it and
don't document what it took. I still couldn't recreate some of those. I'd
have to stumble through it all over again.

--
Colin Barnhorst [MVP Windows - Virtual Machine]
(Reply to the group only unless otherwise requested)

I recall one unhappy day when I had to use a floppy set as an upgrade
qualification for some OS install for a customer. It wasn't happy with just
looking at one floppy, it kept asking for different ones, then repeating
some...I think it looked at ten or so floppies before it was satisfied. And
of course the floppies had been bounced around a bit, so they didn't always
read on first try. It probably took longer to verify than to install.

One time when I was installing Win98SE Upgrade version onto a new hard
drive I used a Win95 CD to satisfy the eligibility. That was a trip
because the installer insisted that I not just stick in the cd, but also
point it at the exact folder with the setup files. It took me 20 minutes
of fumbling to get it right.

--
Colin Barnhorst [MVP Windows - Virtual Machine]
(Reply to the group only unless otherwise requested)

:
I had everything set up correctly, I just didn't read the error message
correctly. I was using an "Upgrade" CD to perform the install, and the
installation process kept rejecting it until I produced a prior version
of windows before continuing. After inserting a W2K CD, the install
went
on it's merry way.

What a dope......


Yes, what a dope! (I did that recently, too. I had to dig up a
copy
of my old Win98 CD.)

*TimDaniels*