Topic: how to setup windows xp on a sata hd

[stoni90]

i'm trying to install windows xp to a sata drive but when it boots and loads the file then it doesn't recognize the sata drive, it only recognizes one other drive i have(ata). what to do? the sata it works fine, i now run a windows xp already install, i just want to make a format.

[Simon]

Not sure if this will help, Stoni, it means nothing to me, but I did find this:-  

Loading Windows XP on a SATA drive

Just in case anyone else has this problem and doesn't want to spend an hour figuring it out...

If you are loading Windows XP onto a computer with a serial ATA (SATA) hard drive, you will have to manually load the SATA drivers.

As suggested on this usenet post, you need to put the drivers on a floppy disk.

Copy the drivers from motherboard support CD *\DriverDisk\SATA\*.* into root directory of floppy disk. (i.e. root directory of floppy disk should contain \pide and \sata folders, txtsetup.oem, etc. files.)

Then, boot system by Windows XP installation CD, when the message "Press F6 if you need to install a third party SCSI or RAID driver" shows up, press "F6". Then, press "S" to specify additional device when next screen pops up. Put the driver floppy disk you made in and press enter to continue. If the floppy disk is made successfully, the installation program will ask for selecting driver. Please then select "VIA Serial ATA RAID Controller(Windows XP)".) After SATA driver loaded and Windows XP can recognize the SATA HDD, you can continue to install Windows XP as usual.

This should work fine if you have the drivers on a CD somewhere.

http://cruftbox.com/blog/archives/000867.html

[Sandra]

Some of the first generation SATA ready mobos wouldnt support booting from a SATA drive, although doing what Simon has found should hopefully overcome the problem  

[stoni90]

thank you very much i'll try it