Re: new xp installation and SATA issue?

Part of the confusion is the actual controller hardware itself. On
many Motherboards the SATA controllers are identified to XP
as simply a standard type of ATAPI/IDE Controller. Those type
of devices do not require 3rd-Party drivers. It's add-in type of
cards (SATA, RAID) that have drive calls or functions that are
not handled via BIOS that need the drivers. My Intel 865 MB
has both traditional PATA and SATA support. When I installed
XP I didn't need any additional drivers for installation to one of
the SATA drives.


"jacob" <jacob_mu@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:uIF3fMnLGHA.916@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Hi,
i am about to install windows xp sp2 on my new pc.
motherboard is Asus P5Ld2-Vm (sata support), and hard disk
is WD 160Gb sata-2.
the dealer assures me that i don't have to install (F6 step) anything
regarding the sata controller driver. the pc was tested in lab (with
windows), before delivery, so maybe he's right, but on the other hand i'm
confused with a lot of forum posts and support articles, saying that
Bios recognizes the disk but windows does not, unless the driver
is installed seperately (F6) with a floppy disk.
what's true?
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tia
jacob




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