Re: Installing Windows

I went to the ASUS website and downloaded the manual for the A8N-SLI
motherboard...which you have???
Default settings reverts back to before you played with the RAID at which
point it saw the HDD
peterk

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It's so much easier to suggest solutions when you don't know too much about
the problem
"Whitey" <Whitey@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> you must have a different manual than me, section2.3.6 dont exist2-23, 24
> are
> abt power and 2-33 dont exist. and how will loading default settings make
> it
> see the first sata master again, if it wasnt detecting the hdd it should
> just
> be apearing as blank, but it just aint there.
>
> "peterk" wrote:
>
>> 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
>>
>>
>> --
>> It's so much easier to suggest solutions when you don't know too much
>> about
>> the problem
>> "Whitey" <Whitey@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>> news:F7DFF61B-C798-4443-85C1-620E41DC3411@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> >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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