Help Me! How can I install XP on a Serial SATA HD? Bios recognizes but XP does not. [ata hard drive] [serial ata hard drive]
Q: Helppppppppppppp ! Its driving me crazy. So I bought a SATA Serial ATA hard disk . I am a regular hard disk IDEI now .
So I want the Serial ATA drive cuz my primary HD are good, the 10k RPM;). But when I open Windows XP install does not detect!
I bought this drive from Western Digital, OEM, so it did not come with discs or something. I havnt formatted / partitioned the animal . BIOS recognizes the drive . so I do not know. Im so Flippin lost its driving me mad.
Can someone help me please? Hass anyone here done this before? Thanks!
Re:Okay guys, I fixed everything! I got it all to work out!!! Yayyyyyy!
Thanks for all the help!
Re:When I type the bootcfg/add, will it give me a list of hard drives to add to it? or do i have to type in the location of the hard drive?
Re:THere should be a screen that comes up asking you options on is the press r for recovery console.
Re:Originally posted by: guy
But one problem now, I have two hard drives on the system, now that the SATA drive is working, my regular IEDI drive isn't showing up. I have the slave/master settings working properly. Anyone know what to do? make certain CD-ROM is set to the first boot device then boot from the XP CD and hit R to get to the recovery console, then type bootcfg /add and add the other windows install.
are you certain this will work?
also, when do I start pressing "R"? as soon as the windows setup screen comes on?
Re:But one problem now, I have two hard drives on the system, now that the SATA drive is working, my regular IEDI drive isn't showing up. I have the slave/master settings working properly. Anyone know what to do? make certain CD-ROM is set to the first boot device then boot from the XP CD and hit R to get to the recovery console, then type bootcfg /add and add the other windows install.
Re:Another question, does it matter if my Hard Drives are upside down in the case?
The green side(were the chips are) are facing up, and the silver part is facing down… so upside down. Does that slow it down at all, or cause that annoying 'churping' noise that I keep hearing?
Should I flip 'em over?
I still havn't figured out the second hard drive problom. Gonna mess with it some more right now.
Thank you guys for helping out!!
Re:Not familiar with that MB, however I think your 2nd drive should be set to cable select or slave.
Your 2nd HD should show up in bios. Your ide drive should be there under Primary (or Secondary) slave.
Your bios may have a 'Pci Config.' catagory. If so, set 'On Board Ata Device 1st' to NO.
Re:Originally posted by: guy
It's actually a Maxtor…
If I partition it, it will wipe out all the data on the regular drive, right? I have lots of valuable info on that drive that I dont want ereased…
Ah, it's already partitioned. I thought it may be a new drive.
Try the other IDE connecter. RTFM to see if using the SATA connections disable one of the IDE channels.
Re:It's actually a Maxtor…
If I partition it, it will wipe out all the data on the regular drive, right? I have lots of valuable info on that drive that I dont want ereased…
Re:Your regular IDE drive… is it a WD? If so, Master is the wrong setting if it's the only drive on that IDE cable. It needs to be set as "Single" IF it is the only drive on that IDE connector. If it is master to a CD drive, than forget what I said.
Also, the drive will not appear in Windows until it is formatted. Go to drive management in Admin tools to create a partition and format the drive.
Re:Originally posted by: guy
What motherboard are you using?
Asus P4S800D
Re:What motherboard are you using?
Re:Guys, thanks for all the help! I fixed it. All I had to do was make a 3 1/2 floppy from a driver that was on the MoBoard CD-Rom and then I did the F6 thing. Thanks!!!!!
But one problem now, I have two hard drives on the system, now that the SATA drive is working, my regular IEDI drive isn't showing up. I have the slave/master settings working properly. Anyone know what to do?
Re:guy
What motherboard do you`ve?
Re:Originally posted by: guy
thanks for the advice, but I still can't find the proper drivers for my SATA drive… I know about the F6 thing, but the only problem is the driver that I don't have. Anyone know were to get it? It's the Western Digital 36.0 Gig Raptor drive
The driver isn't for the raptor, it's for the SATA controller. If you didn't already make a floppy with the SATA controller drivers on it as instructed in the manual do so RTFM!
Re:thanks for the advice, but I still can't find the proper drivers for my SATA drive… I know about the F6 thing, but the only problem is the driver that I don't have. Anyone know were to get it? It's the Western Digital 36.0 Gig Raptor drive
Re:I still haven't figured out how to Slipstream SPs and drivers.
I've only read like, 10 tutorials and had a million people try to help me.
I can build a space shuttle out of a toaster and a paperclip, but I can't figure out slipstreaming. Go figure. i/expressions/rolleye.gif
I am done sharing now.
Good luck, guy; you've received the correct advice to solve your problem. 
Re:Originally posted by: guy
Try hitting F6 or whatever to install the drivers at the beginning of the XP install. Put the drivers on a floppy or something.
Re:as i remember ,u got to hit a button on the keyboard(forgot which 1) when u use the winxp disc boot up and the blue screen comes out
Re:i hope microsoft starts to give the option to use a cd as a source for drivers in the next version… i had to slipstream the drivers for my sata controller, no floppy on the machine it was in.
Re:If you don`t have a SATA driver and your board uses a Silicon Image controller for SATA,you get the drivers from here (http://12.24.47.40/display/2/index.asp?c=12&cpc=ULwO0A442oKs512Q04X5i0UupP4SveI6dt2WJi7&cid=2&r=0.5279505) .
Re:at the start of XP install put the SATA driver disk that should have come with the drive/mobo into the floppy, and when it says something about pressing F6 to install SCSI or RAID drivers do that. If you dont have the SATA drive floppy you should be able to get the files from the manufacturer's website. burn to CD or store on another HDD or whatever if you dont have a floppy.
Re:Try hitting F6 or whatever to install the drivers at the beginning of the XP install. Put the drivers on a floppy or something.
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