RE: Installing XP pro on an 160GB SATA drive

The machine i'm trying to install it on already has a working SATA drive with
the OS on, so no BIOS settings should need changing.
As for pressing F6, like I said, it doesn't get as far as the windows setup
screen (the blue one) where it asks you for the F6 for a third party SCSI or
RAID driver.
Its just a blank black screen after the aforementioned message.

any more ideas?

"Andrew E." wrote:

> Before installing xp,you need to adjust the BIOS for a SATA drive,Usually
> found in advanced features.Set OnChip serail ATA for enhanced,then advanced
> features,hard disk priority,set to bootable add-in device (on board
> SATA),youre
> settings may vary but thiers always 2 or 3 settings for a SATA to run,chk
> youre
> owners manual....
>
> "Chris F" wrote:
>
> > When installing, all I get is 'setup is inspecting your computers hardware
> > configuration' white writing on a black screen then blank screen. No blue
> > screen of the windows setup program.
> > My bios sees the 160gb SATA no problem, but the windows setup program won't
> > run, it just hangs, tried removing all pci cards from system.
> > Even run the drive in another machine as a secondary drive, xp sees it no
> > problem, formatted it no problem, but if I try to install on it, nothing.
> >
> > Any ideas? Is my drive faulty (its brand new)?
.

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