Installing XP on a sata drive

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Date: 07/20/04 

Date: Tue, 20 Jul 2004 03:34:37 -0700

>-----Original Message-----
>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>I'm trying to install Win XP on to a system with a SATA
>>drive but am having problems getting it to work. I have
>>gone through the setup proceedure and supplied the
>drivers
>>for the Sata drive, when the computer re-boots it will
>not
>>continue with setup and goes through the initial process
>>all over again. The MB i'm using is a Gigabyte GA-7N400
>>Pro2 the hard drive is a Maxtor 120GB Sata drive and the
>>system has 512MB Ram. Can anyone please help????
>>
>>Nish
>>.
>>
>It may be that your machine is booting the CD after the
>initial setup restarts the system. Try changing your BIOS
>to boot off HDD0 after the initial setup. I am assuming
>you are installing to a clean drive.
>
>Good luck
>
>Clyde
>.
>I've tried to change the boot order but I still get the
same problem!! It is to a clean drive.

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