Currently I'm using Ubuntu Linux.
2007-02-24 09:26:08 · 6 answers · asked by cirtill 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Other - Hardware
If your SATA drive is not detected automatically during Windows installation, you need to download the drivers for the SATA/RAID controller. In your case, the drivers need to be installed regardless of whether or not you want to set up a RAID array, contrary to what the poster above me stated.
If the SATA ports are directly on your motherboard, go to your motherboard manufacturer's website to download them. If you have a SATA PCI card, go to the card manufacturer's website to download. Then put the drivers onto a floppy disk. Right at the beginning of the Windows installation, when it says Press F6 if you need to install third-party drivers, press F6. It will prompt you to insert the floppy with the drivers. Insert it and the drivers will be loaded, and your drive will be detected.
2007-02-24 09:43:56 · answer #1 · answered by cs_gmlynarczyk 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What you are asking should only apply if you SATA hardware is set to RAID. If you don't want to run RAID (ie, you only have 1 hard drive, then boot into your bios and change your controller setting to not run RAID). However, if you want to run RAID, when you boot from your XP CD, right at the beginning in the bottom of the screen a message will pop up that says, "Press F6 to load additional raid controller drivers." Press F6. You'll need to download the appropriate drivers for that SATA/RAID controller onto a floppy disk.
However, I have installed XP on SATA disks numerous times with no additional drivers.
2007-02-24 09:37:45 · answer #2 · answered by spiph23 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
you want a ide/sata controller driver. while booting off the XP CD pres F6 to load SCSI drivers have a the controller driver on a Floppy disk waiting to load and it provide you activates on the thank you to place in. solid luck...
2016-11-25 21:19:32 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The SATA drives need to be recognized by the BIOS, not the O.S.
2007-02-24 09:30:53 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
you need to format your drive and then it should work trust me insert the xp disk when you turn on and press the setup key thing and delete the partition format your drive and then setup xp
2007-02-24 09:31:26 · answer #5 · answered by Stop taking my questions away !! 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
circuit city downloaded windows xp free for us
2007-02-24 09:33:54 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋