Re: Windows CD can't find my hard drives.
- From: Paul <nospam@xxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 05 Oct 2009 06:03:51 -0400
Stan Hilliard wrote:
Yes there is a PCI card. It is a PPA Int'l 1301 2-Port Serial ATA
card. It has one internal and one external port. The internal port has
a stand-alone HDD. Sometimes I connect a stand-alone HDD to the
external port for backing up. That all seems to work when operated
normally. (Except if I Boot, then connect the external HDD, and then shut down
forgetting to remove the external HDD first, the computer
automatically restarts.)
The two physical drives that make up the RAID 0 array are cabled to
the motherboard.
The RAID 0 array is an existing array. I have been booting off it for
at least two years.
I downloaded this since the RAID array is cabled to the motherboard. I
compared versions of driver files that I have and found this.
17/04/2005 -- M5289.sys -- 52K -- v5.0.3.0 -- current in \drivers\
12/01/2004 -- M5289.sys -- 51K -- v5.0.2.9 -- motherboard disk XP
12/01/2004 -- M5289.sys -- 69K -- v5.0.2.9 -- motherboard disk XPA64
12/23/2005 -- M5288.sys -- 206K - v6.2.1.8 -- old download for XP
12/23/2005 -- M5288.sys -- 282K - v6.2.1.8 -- old download for XPA64
12/23/2005 -- M5288.sys -- 210K - v6.2.1.8 -- in zip above, for XP
12/23/2005 -- M5288.sys -- 288K - v6.2.1.8 -- in zip above, for XPA64
Perhaps I have the wrong driver file installed. Is it reasonable to
change from the M5289.sys to an 5288.sys? If so, should it be the one
for XP or XPA64? My CPU is an AMD Athion 64 3700.
Since I do not have a RAID array cabled to that card, is there a
reason for having this driver? In fact, shouldn't I uninstall the
existing VIA RAID driver?
Stan Hilliard
I thought your objective was to repair WinXP ?
You don't need to torture the VT6421 or its connected disk. If you wish,
you could disconnect the data cable between the VT6421 and connected
disk, for safety. But only if you think the installer CD will have
an unnatural attraction to that disk. I would disconnect the cable
from the PCI card end. That should be enough.
*******
Asrock has a floppy download for ULI RAID. This is probably the same
as you have on a floppy right now.
http://www.asrock.com/mb/download.asp?Model=939Dual-SATA2
"SATA RAID Driver (For system to read from floppy diskette during Windows installation)
475.13KB
You can click their link, or try this link. This is what I downloaded
for a look.
( ftp://174.142.97.10/drivers/ULi/SATA/Floppy_AA.zip )
Copy the whole thing to a floppy. The txtsetup.oem makes
mention of m1589. So that should match what you claim to have.
m1589 is also mentioned in the Abit KU8 manual, so that is
Abit's word on it as well.
*******
I tested my WinXP installer CD just before writing this.
During the very start of the CD boot sequence, there is an option
to press F6. It only flashes on the screen for a second, so
you have to be watching for it. And it doesn't react immediately
to the pressing of F6 either.
Later, you get a chance to press "s" and offer a driver. I prepared my
floppy for a test device in my computer, but Windows decided it
already had a driver. But, if I didn't press F6, it would not
automatically recognize my card. (I used a SCSI PCI card and
SCSI disk, as a "stranger" hardware test case.) So even though
Windows XP appears to have a driver for my card, I still had
to press F6, and the "s", and a little later, it showed me
the partition with WinXP on it. Without the F6 charade, it
wouldn't find the partition on its own.
In your case, you'd press F6 early (it'll flash a message at
the bottom of the screen, and you might see that). Press "s" when
prompted. With the floppy in there, it should find m1589.
(The i386 folder has all three m158x devices in it, and the
INF down there, appears to apply the correct one for you.
So no need to get out the worry beads just yet.)
If it works, you should be seeing your partition to repair,
just like I was shown the partition on my old 9GB SCSI drive.
Paul
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