Re: Western Digital SATA 120
From: _MARK_ (markstonecipher_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 02/19/05
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Date: Fri, 18 Feb 2005 21:17:49 -0600
Xp setup stops at checking hardware. will not go any farther. If I unplug
the SATA drive then it works
"peterk" <peterk@nomalarky.net> wrote in message
news:EAxRd.2892$NN.2008@edtnps89...
> Mark
> I have an ASUS mobo and a SATA drive as well as an IDE drive and 2 DVD
> burners.
> You need to enter your BIOS and set the proper boot order.......in my Asus
> BIOS I picked CD as 1st boot and SCSI drive as 2nd boot.You also need to
> check the manual that came with your mobo to see if you need to plug the
> SATA into a specific SATA connector for it to boot.You did not mention the
> model of Mobo you have so I am hitting you with all the variances that
> ASUS has on their various mobo.Then you need to check the manual for
> jumpers to activate the SATA.usually preset at the factory but who
> knows??The Sata drivers are on the mobo CD you need to copy them to a
> floppy.
> Once you have all of that done.Then reboot with the XP CD in place and
> watch for the message "push any key to boot off CD"......do so and the XP
> setup program should begin.
> If not please do post back here....but check everything I have mentioned
> and let us know.
> peterk
>
> "_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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