Re: xp cd wont give me a prompt
From: R. C. White (rc_at_corridor.net)
Date: 12/20/04
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Date: Mon, 20 Dec 2004 08:46:19 -0600
Hi, Parker.
Congratulations! And thanks for the report back.
Did you need to load any SATA drivers? Or has ASUS built enough "smarts"
into the mobo/bios to be able to boot from the SATA HD/controller with only
the native drivers on the WinXP CD-ROM?
My own mobo (EPoX 8KDA3+, new in July 2004) has the usual 2 IDE connectors,
plus 6 SATA connectors, but I have no SATA drives yet. So my two IDE HDDs
(and 2 DVDs) are connected in the familiar configuration that is - until
now - practically standard. When I do get a SATA drive, I'll need to know
how to boot WinXP (or Longhorn?) from it.
RC
-- R. C. White, CPA San Marcos, TX rc@corridor.net Microsoft Windows MVP "Parker" <nospam@nospam.com> wrote in message news:uJ43zkp5EHA.1448@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl... > We have joy. I took the HDD connection off and it did boot to the CD. So > I hooked up the HDD as the master and the CD rom as the slave on the same > IDE cable and made sure the jumpers were correct and it boot to the cd > fine and loaded the O/S properly onto the HDD. > > Thank You for all of You Help > > "R. C. White" <rc@corridor.net> wrote in message > news:uqUf2dL5EHA.208@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl... >> Hi, Parker. >> >>> not recognizing the drive because sata drivers are not installed. If I >>> load 2000pro(i think it has these drivers) then upgrade to xp pro will >>> that work? >> >> No. Win2K does NOT have SATA drivers. SATA is newer than even WinXP, >> which is 20 months newer than Win2K. I was hoping you would get some >> clues from the Usenet group I suggested. >> >> If it's just a problem of missing drivers for the boot device, then it's >> a well-known problem that I first ran into when installing Win2K in >> February 2000 and have seen reported in these newsgroups dozens >> (hundreds?) of times since. The usual symptom was a BSOD complaining of >> Stop 0x7B, Inaccessible_Boot_Device. The WinXP (and Win2K) CD-ROM has >> enough smarts to boot the computer from CD and copy all those dozens of >> files to the HD. But, when the text portion of Setup has completed and >> the computer tries to boot from that HD for the first time, it fails >> because the proper drivers for that HDD/controller are NOT on the WinXP >> CD-ROM. The only way to install those drivers is from a floppy diskette! >> >> So, get the proper SATA drivers onto a floppy. If a floppy did not come >> with your mobo or HDD, then you will need to find the drivers on the ASUS >> or WD CD or website and put those drivers onto a floppy. With that >> floppy at hand, boot from the WinXP CD-ROM and watch for the invitation, >> early in the Setup process, to Press F6 to install drivers for a SCSI or >> other mass storage device. Press F6 quickly and wait while Setup seems >> not to notice but continues to copy all those files. When it finally >> stops, there will be instructions onscreen for how to use that floppy to >> install the drivers. After that, Setup will be able to boot from the SATA >> drive into the GUI phase of installing WinXP. >> >> Please post back and let us know if this is the solution. That will help >> us know what to tell the next person with a similar problem on similar >> hardware. >> >> RC >> >> "Parker" <nospam@nospam.com> wrote in message >> news:OBKzquG5EHA.1408@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl... >>>I had just recieved a response from Asus about the possibility of the xp >>>cd not recognizing the drive because sata drivers are not installed. If >>>I load 2000pro(i think it has these drivers) then upgrade to xp pro will >>>that work? >>> >>> Thanks Jim and R.C. >>> >>> "Jim Macklin" <p51mustang[threeX12]@xxxhotmail.calm> wrote in message >>> news:eOac60E5EHA.2540@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl... >>>> Out the CD in the drive and turn the computer OFF. Then >>>> turn it back ON again with the CD in the drive. >>>> >>>> >>>> "Parker" <nospam@nospam.com> wrote in message >>>> news:u3ac2cE5EHA.1396@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl... >>>> | Hello Everyone, >>>> | >>>> | I'm at a loss. I just built a new system with an asus >>>> a7v880 mobo, a basic >>>> | cd drive, a cd/rw drive, and a western digital 80 gig >>>> driveSATA. I >>>> | originally had a grounding issue where I got no power to >>>> any periferal or >>>> | IDE sockets. That has been solved. The system boots and >>>> posts just fine. >>>> | It finds all drive properly in the bios and I disabled the >>>> floppy drive in >>>> | the bios(none installed) and have the cd master as first >>>> boot then IDE HDD >>>> | second. All connections are fine and all jumpers are >>>> correct with cd master >>>> | jumper on master and HDD master also in master. When the >>>> O/S cd is put in >>>> | the cd master drive I hear it start as I do the HDD drive >>>> but no prompt for >>>> | " boot to cd drive press any key ". All I get is a >>>> blinking cursor. I have >>>> | 2 XP registered cd's. I tried both with the same results. >>>> What am I >>>> | forgetting or missing? I had contacted Asus for >>>> assistance with no help >>>> | because the board does post fine. Help, I'm at a loss. >>>> | >>>> | Thank You So Much for any Responses
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