Re: trouble reinstalling windows xp

If there is indeed an onboard SATA/RAID controller and if it cannot be truned off in the BIOS then maybe you need to press F6 very early on during the setup and supply the SATA/RAID drivers on a floppy diskette. Usually if you are using PATA drives you should disable SATA/RAID during installation. I don't think that the SP2 is responsible for this.

John

woof! wrote:

I didn't think I had the SATA/RAID controller turned on. I've double checked in the bios and confirm there isn't the option on it to enable or disable. My last attempt was to install on a single 160GB hard drive that has no partitions created. I have not had any previous problem. The only other thing that comes to mind is that when my manufacturer sent me a replacement recovery disk t moved from windows XP (without SP2) to windows XP with SP2 included. Can't imagine this making a significant difference but thought it worth mentioning!
Also can't understand why my 80GB drive will not allow an installation of xp and just says press any key, which when I press a key returns the same message.

thanks

"John John" wrote:


Sounds like that file (M5289.sys) is for SATA or RAID controller. From your post and mention of Master/Slave I gather that you are not installing on these. If you have a SATA/RAID controller built-in the motherboard go in the BIOS and turn it off.

John

woof! wrote:


Thanks John but no more success - I disconnected slave, confirmed 160GB as master and the drive showed up in the bios. Proceeded to start windows installation but same error message M5289.sys missing appeared. Can't understand why the old 80Gb drive wont work!
????


"John John" wrote:



woof! wrote:



... Would prefer to reinstall XP on original 160GB drive but would settle for achieving this on slave made as master (80GB drive).
sorry for long message - any help??

Remove (disconnect) the "slave made as master (80GB drive)" from the computer altogether. Place the 160GB drive on the Master position on the Primary IDE controller. Verify that the drive is properly identified in the BIOS and that it is the Master Drive on the Primary IDE controller. Proceed to install Windows. When Windows is properly installed bring the 80GB drive online. If you have more than one partition on the Primary (160GB) hard drive pay attention to where Windows will be installed, ideally it should be installed on the first partition.

John


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