Re: Install on WinXP on SATA won't boot

With Serial ATA you don't need to worry about master and slave but you do
need to make sure you have the bootable drive plugged into the SATA port
labeled SATA1. I had the same problem. If you plug it into sata2 it wont
work. Also you don't need a RAID driver to install sata drives. WIN XP 32
just recognizes it as a removeable drive. SO Don't remove it. I did once and
it was very strange.

"Anonymous" wrote:

> I already have one SATA HDD with windows on it, and it boots just fine. So i
> don't think there's any BIOS setting problem. But I'll check it anyway just
> to be sure.
>
> Ulrik
>
>
> "Andrew E." <eckrichco@xxxxxxx> skrev i meddelandet
> news:0680AEF2-1EAE-4838-BDD5-81B67F94C534@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > With a SATA drive you'll need to configure the BIOS for it,advanced-boot
> > device
> > priority (or similiar),select,add-in device,being the RAID controller its
> > connected
> > to.Then the on board PCI device needs to enable serial ATA controller,and
> > SATA
> > RAID Rom.Then usually thiers,OnChip Serial ATA in integrated peripherals
> > section,set to enhanced,enabling parallel and SATA.All brds are diffrent
> > but
> > usually thiers 3 settings for SATA.
> >
> > "Ulrik" wrote:
> >
> >> Hi all!
> >>
> >> I'm haveing problem installing Windows XP on my Segate 200gb SATA drive.
> >> I
> >> can get through the text based part of the install but when the computer
> >> reboots it says "cannot load operating system". I have tried to add SATA
> >> driver with F6, same result. And I've tried with booth WinXP with SP1 and
> >> SP2
> >> intergraded. Same error.
> >> The funny part i that i have another Segate 200gb SATA and as far as I
> >> can
> >> recall windows installed just fine on that one.
> >> I've also remove the old hardddrive and put the new one in the old one's
> >> place, still doesn't work
> >>
> >> Any ideas anyone?
>
>
>
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