Re: SATA drive setup help please.

You should see them as Disk0, Disk 1, Disk2, etc.
Go here to see if you can find any solution:
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=309000
Check also the references at the bottom of the webpage.

Anyway, since SATA is faster, I would move/install XP on it - the SATA
drive - on a OS dedicated 20GB C: partition.
Michael

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Phillips wrote:
Thought it's onboard Promise.... Reading again, I take it that you
caannot use both the Promise and Intel SATA at the same time. Ther is
a conflict between the two HDDs that might be cause dby your hardware
setup. Check that only one (the XP drive) is Master while the other one
is
Slave - you might need to check jumper settings on the HDDs. Then,
with both Intel and Promise installed, check in BIOS that both are
detected and in BIOS Boot Order that the XP drive is the active boot
drive. Michael
The on Master drive is my System drive. The SATA is drive F: and the IDE
Promise card disk is drive E: set at cable select. I tried moving the SATA
to the other SATA connector and the IDE cable to another port on the
Promise cards but anyway I have it there is still a conflict. I see
nothing in BIOS to indicate there is something set wrong. In Computer
Manager/Disk Management the they both appear as Disk 1 while the System
drive is Disk 0. I wonder is I can get the SATA to become Disk 2 somehow.
John





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Phillips wrote:
You have to install Promise drivers for your specific Promise
controller (probably 378); problem is that Promise does not offer
drivers for Promise controllers installed on motherboards - the mobo
manufacturer is supposed to do it on the mobo install CD; however,
if you don't find the drivers on CD, you can use some 'generic'
Promise drivers - google for "WinXP Promise SATA378(tm) IDE
Controller." Download and install via Hardware Wizard or Disk
Manager - same as for Intel SATA. Also, these Promise drivers can be
loaded from a
floppy (or on a custom XP Install CD) at F6 XP setup. After you
install the Promise drivers, go in BIOS and enable Promise
IDE (or such); the 378 controller can Raid both SATA and UATA (IDE)
HDDs, so the name of the option might not be "Promise SATA." Check
your mobo manual for (might be on mobo website) details. You might
have to update (flash) mobo BIOS as well.
Reboot and you should see, after the normal mobo boot, a Promise
boot screen "searching for IDE harddrive..." or such. It will load
XP after a few secs. For better disk mgt., I recommend a fresh XP
install (have the Intel and Promise drivers available on a floppy or
create a custom XP install CD) after adding the new HDDs. You must
have the XP qualifing Win OS and you will have to reactivate XP -
but that should not be a problem. Michael

Perhaps you misunderstood. I already have the Promise card working
with the drivers on the Maxtor disk that came with the card. Do you
mean I need a different driver now that the SATA drive is installed?
I updated the MoBo when I installed it a few months ago if this
means anything.

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Phillips wrote:
1. Go to Intel website and download the latest drivers for your
chipset; there's a Chipset Info utility on same site that you can
use to identify Intel hardware. Be sure to download the XP
versions. 1.a You might have an older SATA (1.0) controller while
your HDD
is NCQ; hence, your NCQ HDD might go "off-line" and needs a few
secs to wake up - while XP freezes.
2. Check that the SATA cable is correctly connected in the SATA
Port 0 (you should have 2 or 4 SATA onboard ports); try another
SATA cable also and make sure the SATA cable is not touched by
other cables that might press it when you install the case
door/lid. Better test the machine w/out the PC case cover and
gently check the connections at both ends while in XP. 3. Go
BIOS... check "Configure SATA as Raid" set to NO.
4. In BIOS check that the Boot Drive is set to your XP drive - at
boot time, F8 (or other key) might give you the option to pick a
boot device. 5. HDD manufacturer's website should have
downloadable utilities for
testing the correct installation of the HDD.
Michael

Thanks greatly. I have RAID/SATA running fine now. The drive is
faster than any of the others I have. There is however a conflict
with my drives on the Promise card. I had to remove the disk that
was in the drawer to allow the SATA drive and the OS to boot. It
now seems I can use only one or the other. I have well over a dozen
drives in drawers all on cable select so I guess if one doesn't
work they all won't. Do you have any ideas? I have not tried a
different plug in the Promise card which I will do now as an other
last resort. John




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Phillips wrote:
You should have a whatever.inf file on the floppy - don't bother
finding setup.exe. You can right click the .inf file and click
Install in the commands drop down menu; if you want to see
what's in the .inf file, click the Edit command in same menu
list. Also, you can install the .inf via Hardware Wizard.
Otherwise, if you did not install HDD yet:
Install the hard-drive (HDD), boot and open BIOS. You should
find the new SATA HDD installed - but might be presented as an
IDE HDD - pending your mobo and BIOS. Navigate BIOS and check
if there is a SATA (controller) enable option - theree might be
none but the SATA Raid option which you don't need. If you have
to install the controller, you might need to reboot. Pending
your mobo setup, you might need to install HDD drivers in
Windows first... but very unlikely. After HDD is 'seen' in
BIOS' start XP. The Hardware Wizard might
discover the new HDD - unlikely, though, since the HDD is not
formatted for XP; if the Wizard finds it, just feed it the
drivers from the floppy - find the .inf file.
If Hardware Wizard does not start, go Control Panel/
Administrative Tools/Computer Management/Disk Management and you
should see your SATA HDD there. Right click and check Properties
or Format options. Use the same format as for the other HDD(s)
you have installed; NTSF is recommended at least for safety
reasons. Michael

I Enabled Intel RAID and SATA in BIOS but when booting with SATA
drive connected will prevent OS from loading. If I disconnect
drive widows loads fine. I loaded .inf file but this might have
to be removed and installed again. Then again I am just guessing
at this point.

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I have floppy with MoBo RAID drivers and need to know how to
install. I have Googled to no end about the process. I see no
setup files on floppy that I can run. I try booting with XP CD
but system refuses to work. Anyone have any tips?

Thanks
MM




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