Re: trouble reinstalling windows xp

Thanks john for all your help.
I am more & more resigned to just defaulting to purchasing a new computer.
This one is 4 years old and i get the distinct message it wants to retire.
I will have another play in the meantime with the SATA/RAID function. Did
also wonder if it could simply be a problem with the motherboard primary IDE
connection since I am appearing to have a problem loading up on either of the
hard drives i have.

"John John" wrote:

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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