Re: How to make a SATA boot disk


Thanks for reply. I am not sure what you mean by mobo. Its a ADL computer
with weired mainboard with VIA chipset. I think mainboard is MSI.
The seller have now installed (or tried to install) the new Windows. It
boots but I am very unhappy with it. They change the cables for SATA. They
needed more than 36 hrs to install Windows. I cant use it I must reinstall it
but how?
As they changed the cables I can only use one SATA at the time.
I replaced the new one with the old and none of the disks booted. So that
cable, power for SATA can not be used any longer but no problems before I
left it for service. They told me it is not possible to install without
diskette and that my old CD have these drivers and not the new CD. I told
them that Windows was installed by image but it will not boot. I wanted them
to fix my installation instead of a new. They said I cannot use image with
SATA therefore they must redo it. But the have change the disk or at least
made a new partion why as the disk was formatted?
Whrn I retured to pick computerup I asked how to install without diskette
drive? Make an image with Ghost. But they tols me before that it will nor
work with SATA.

I still dont know anything more than I have new cables and need nrw ones as
power is not for two disks.Windows is installed butnot the normal way,
standard, and I cant change it so I must redo it.
Question is HOW, I do not have any good installation to image.

Do I really need to buy a diskette drive to a one year old computer that
have run 11 months on a SATA disk?

What reason could they had to make a new partion?

I also had blue screen with an error message.
It was two things. New drive was bad configured but had nothing to config.
May have been a bad cable but why only for one of two drives?
The other one was a setup file wrong in memory but different address every
try.

Its also difficult to understand why copying the complete Windows
installation with SATA drivers to another disk will not boot.

"DL" wrote:

If you installed first time arround without the need for sata drivers from
floppy, then you should be able to do the same with the winxp sp2.
There is no difference other than sp2

When you connected the new sata did you connect it to the same connector as
your origonal working boot sata drive? some mobos apparently require the
boot sata hd to be connected to a specific connector.

What is the make/model of your mobo?

"Bjorn" <Bjorn@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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I installed Windows XP pro in February last year. I didnt use any diskett
and I have no diskett drive. I Installed XP on a new SATA I bought 22 of
February.
Some weeks ago I bought a new XP with SP2. The first one was better and
had
only SP1. Saturday I bought a new SATA to install this new XP on and it
didnt
work.
SATA worked good as data disk so I copy the Windows installation from ATA
to SATA, complete copy. It didnt work. 100% complete copy and SATA drivers
installed. else I havent been able to copy Windows to the SATA disk.

But where on the disk is these SATA drivers stored if not incl in the
Windows install?
This SATA disk was recognized by system and recognized by windows else it
cannot be formatted and files not be stored on it. But the install program
do
not recognize the drive.
Its the same thing if I boot with CD or run install from Windows. The SATA
drive does not exits.

I can copy the whole Windows to SATA but this SATA is not recognized by
install program. Also its no boot disk.

Why does this install program not recognize a formatted disk and with
files
stored on it? At least if I install from Windows and not from CD boot it
should recognize the SATA drive.


"DL" wrote:

Theres no difference between latest win and the one a year old

Was your first sata install the o/s disk?
And is this one the o/s disk

All sata controller drivers ar NOT included with any version of winxp

"Bjorn" <Bjorn@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Thanks for reply.
Just wondering, I bought a new (the latest ver as am not interested
in
Vista) Win XP CD to avoid problems.
But I got problem instead just for buying original Microsoft. The old
one,
one year old or more installed SATA without problem.

Why is not SATA drivers included in a new version?

This is very, very bad of Microsoft. I must go back to the old version
as
I
want my USB drives.

"DL" wrote:

If your mobo manual states that you have to F6 during the Win
install
process to load sata/raid drivers from floppy then you need a
floppy, or
create a slipstreamed win cd containing the sata/raid drivers.

"Bjorn" <Bjorn@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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No way I can install XP on second SATA. First SATA installed
without
problem.
Now a year later I got the latest Win XP with SP2 and bought a new
SATA
for
install.
It wont work. I have a diskette for SATA but never used and no
diskette
drive.
Clicking F6 during install will result in a blue screen,
suggestions
like
a
new graphic card or other nonsens.

I installed on ATA instead and copied the whole install to SATA
but
cant
copy partion data so the disk will not boot. Installation is
complete
except
for boot partion.

Please tell me the easiest way to make it to a boot disk. and what
is
active
disk? If I change to active is that the same as boot disk?

For some reason, with this new Windows, I got problem also with
USB
disks
so
the problem seems to be all disks except for normal ATA.









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