Re: XP setup does not find SATA drive

"Surfengine" <Surfengine@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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I have a pre-service pack version of windows.
I have never installed windows on a system using a SATA drive before, but
have loaded successfully on many IDE HDD systems.

At the windows setup it only finds my CDROM drive and does not find any
additional storage.
The system bios finds the HDD and lists it as 'Third IDE Primary' and the
CDROM as '1st IDE Secondary'.

At the windows setup screen only 131MB of unpartitioned space on ATAPI
Device.

I was wondering do I need a newer CD version of windows to install onto an
SATA drive? Or could there be some bios setup issue on my PC?

A8R32-MVP-Deluxe
AMD Athlon 64 x2 4200
WD SATAII 250G
ATI x1600 Radeon
Kingston pc3200 x400 512x2

Thanks for any help you can provide, I would hate to have to spend another
$150 to get a newer version of windows.

Aside from sometimes needing to install drivers, some motherboards have
special settings to allow recognition of both SATA and PATA (ide) drives.
My Asus board is like this, and if the setting isn't selected, SATA drives
are not detected. I don't need to install drivers.

HTH
-pk


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