Re: Western Digital SATA 120

From: peterk (peterk_at_nomalarky.net)
Date: 02/19/05 

Date: Sat, 19 Feb 2005 02:35:38 GMT

mark
are you using an OE version of XP???
peter
"_MARK_" <markstonecipher@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:epbpHjiFFHA.3336@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> Unfortunately it never gets to that point. It boots from CD then
> immediately checks hardware config, and at that point the screen goes
> black and it stops..
>
> "R. C. White" <rc@corridor.net> wrote in message
> news:ut4wFGhFFHA.2608@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
>> Hi, Mark.
>>
>> No, the new drive need not be formatted before you begin; boot from the
>> WinXP CD-ROM and let it create at least one partition and format it. If
>> a partition already exists, you probably can use that, but I would delete
>> that partition and start clean.
>>
>>> The only two drives I have connected right now are a CD_Rom plus the
>>> WD120 SATA drive. I have set it to boot from the CD-Rom
>>
>> So far, so good.
>>
>>> when I try to install windows it says checking hardware configuration
>>> and then the screen goes black and nothing else happens.
>>
>> For how long? Minutes? Hours? It may just be very busy checking a lot
>> of hardware components.
>>
>> Since I don't have either ASUS or a SATA drive, I'm kind of flying blind
>> about your BIOS setup. Have you checked out the ASUS websites I
>> mentioned earlier? Did you get a manual with your motherboard or with
>> your SATA drive? Have you RTFM? :^}
>>
>> Typically, you need to boot from the CD-ROM. Setup is smart enough to
>> see the HD, partition and format it, and copy lots of files to it in the
>> text-based phase of the installation, including installation of the boot
>> device drivers, if required. Then Setup restarts the computer, which
>> should boot from the HD (not the CD); this time it boots into the
>> partially-installed WinXP for the first time and completes the GUI phase
>> of Setup. That's why the drivers for SATA (or whatever will be the boot
>> device) has to be installed before this reboot is attempted.
>>
>> RC
>> --
>> R. C. White, CPA
>> San Marcos, TX
>> rc@corridor.net
>> Microsoft Windows MVP
>>
>> "_MARK_" <markstonecipher@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>> news:usgr$KgFFHA.3928@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
>>> Another glitch. The only two drives I have connected right now are a
>>> CD_Rom plus the WD120 SATA drive. I have set it to boot from the
>>> CD-Rom, but when I try to install windows it says checking hardware
>>> configuration and then the screen goes black and nothing else happens.
>>> Any ideas. Should the SATA drive be formatted. Any ideas...
>>>
>>>
>>> "_MARK_" <markstonecipher@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>>> news:%23V2OJgcFFHA.2876@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
>>>>I am installing a WD 1200 Sata drive. The machine already has 2 IDE
>>>>drives configured as master and slave. I configured the SATA as master
>>>>and the ASUS board recognizes the IDE drives as primary and secondary
>>>>boot devices. It recognizes the SATA as Primary drive 3. Using WD tools
>>>>I formatted the SATA drive and copied all the files from drive c to it.
>>>>Here's the problem. Booting in this config it boots to drive c. In the
>>>>Bios in the boot config section there is no option to boot from the SATA
>>>>drive. The only way to do this is to unplug the 2 IDE drives. It will
>>>>then put the SATA drive as Primary and boot and attempt to boot from it.
>>>>Yet after post and recognizing the drive it will just go to black screen
>>>>and nothing happens. If I plug the ide drives back in it will then boot
>>>>to C: Could someone provide a play by play on how to get this thing
>>>>booting from the SATA drive. I dont mind reinstalling everything just
>>>>need to get it going.
>>>>
>>>> PS. When booting to windows from the IDE drives, Windows see's the SATA
>>>> drive as a removable device and puts a little icon down in the toolbar.
>>
>
>

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