Re: Windows Update just killed my PC

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Thanks for the detailed reply Patti.
I found my motherboard CD (ASUS AV8) and created a boot CD for the Promise
Fasttrack Raid 378. (I'm figuring this is the SATA drivers?)
But after loading them from the XP set up screen (F6) and running XP set up
it still doesn't recognize my drive. Yes I do get to the choice of also doing
a repair (R) but in choosing this it also says "set up was unable to find
mass storage device".

Regards,
Wyman

"Patti MacLeod" wrote:

> The drivers for the SATA connector should have been provided on a disk from
> either the motherboard manufacturer or the SATA PCI card manufacturer (if
> the SATA controller is not on the motherboard but is on an expansion card).
> If you cannot find the driver disk, perhaps the drivers are available for
> download from the manufacturer's website.
>
> When you attempted to do an inplace upgrade with your XP CD, at what point
> did it not recognize your hard drive? Did you get to the Welcome to Setup
> screen where it asks if you want to set up Windows XP now, repair a Windows
> XP installation using Recovery Console or quit Setup without installing
> Windows XP? If you are able to access that screen, see if you can enter
> Recovery Console by pressing R. If so, and the version of XP that is on the
> "problem" computer was NOT factory installed, then see if you can perform
> the steps in this link that I provided in a previous reply:
> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/307545/
>
> I haven't had much experience with SATA, as I just recently acquired a new
> computer that has that technology, but after reading Noel's post and your
> reply, I attempted to access Recovery Console (using both a slipstreamed
> with SP1 install CD and a retail with SP2 install CD) without loading the
> SATA drivers from floppy. I was able to access Recovery Console using both
> CDs, and was able to log into my #1 Windows Installation (XP with
> SP1).......I didn't try logging into the #2 Windows Installation (XP with
> SP2).
>
>
>
> Regards,
>
> --
> Patti MacLeod
> Microsoft MVP - Windows Shell/User
>
> "Wyman" <Wyman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:36E4FC0E-A3A0-463B-834E-BD3D1C9AD146@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Yes, I have a Seagate Baracuda SATA 200GB HD but no floppy driver came
> with
> > it. Any ideas wher I get download this?
>
>
>
.

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