Re: Installing Windows

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My ASUS mobo came with a CD that had the SATA drivers on it....plus other
things.They were Silicone Image Sata drivers.
Your uses NVidea drivers.Look in your mobo manual for the proper settings
for your SATA connectors and make sure you have the drive connected to the
proper SATA connector.You might not have SATA drivers on the CD but if you
do........
These needed to be copied to floppy.During the installation of XP it asked
if I was installing onto a HDD that was NOT EIDE to push F6...at which point
it looks for the drivers but only on the floppy drive.Then all installed OK.
I have the RAID drivers loaded but do not use them.I just let the screen
flash by.....one day I will.When I learn more about RAID and its set up.
In your instance you need to connect the SATA drive to connector 1 or 2
only.
The RAID setup can be cancelled in the BIOS and I believe you'll need to
safe and exit to take effect.
Look at chapter 2.3.6 in your manual for auto configuration and detection of
SATA drives.
Then on page 2-23 for enabling the SATA .
page 2-24 explains RAID...how to enable/disable.
page 2-33 shows how to set 1st boot etc.
Then try your XP installation again.
if that still fails You can always try to load the default settings in the
BIOS
peterk


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"Whitey" <Whitey@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>i have tried wat u said DL and that didnt work, i dont have any asus sata
> drivers peterk, besides the ones that come with windows. i am trying to
> install windows xp pro service pack 1. a new development in my probs, in
> one
> of my failed attempts to install windows i tried using a raid array, now
> since that didnt work i deleted the array. the windows setup as well as
> the
> raid setup detect the hdd, but in the bios, the line that says first sata
> master..., is completely gone, it now starts at second sata master which
> of
> course is blank cos i only got 1 hdd. is there any way that i can install
> windows to another hdd from within windows, cos i can use a friends hdd to
> boot windows.


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