ASUS P4C800-E Deluxe MB And WDC 250 GB SATA Drive Problems?

[JonathanF]

I am upgrading from a ASUS P4PE MB to an ASUS P4C800-E Deluxe.

I moved my WDC 250 GB SATA Drive to the Computer with the new ASUS Motherboard.

I wanted to reinstall Windows XP Pro on top of itself with the second "Repair" Program Option which I have done sucessfully many times on many other Computers.

This way the Windows XP Reinstallation would pick up the Hardware attributes of the new Computer.

The problem is in the new Computer with the ASUS P4C800-E Deluxe MB, even though that in the BIOS the WDC 250 GB SATA Drive is configured and detected properly, the Windows OS when booting directly from the Windows XP Pro CD-ROM cannot detect the SATA 250 GB Drive.

I entered in the "F6" Function Key during the initial Windows XP Software Configuration Load so it can install the other Disk Drive Controller Device Drivers from the Windows XP Pro CD-ROM, but it only looks for the Software on the Floppy Disk Drive A and not the CD-ROM Drive.

How can I get the Windows XP Pro CD-ROM Configuration to recognize the WDC 250 GB SATA Drive so I can proceed on with the Windows XP Pro reinstallation on top of itself?

Also, since I have one WDC 250 GB SATA Drive, should I be connecting the Drive to the ASUS P4C800-E Deluxe Motherboard's onboard Serial ATA Connector, or to the Motherboard's onboard Serial ATA Raid Connector?

I know that the ASUS Motherboard's onboard Serial ATA RAID Connector uses the Promise PDC20378 RAID Controller, but do the onboard Serial ATA Connectors use it also?

Is the Promise SATA RAID Controller faster than the onboard SATA Controller, or do both the Motherboard's SATA and the SATA Raid Controllers both use the Promise RAID Controller?

I would appreciate any responses to my questions?

Jonathan

 

[klc314]

If I'm reading this right, you now have the hdd connected to the native SATA controller, not the Promise, right? I think you pretty much have to make a floppy, with the makedisc utility on the Cd. If you don't have a floppy, maybe you can designate the CD as A: in the bios? Not sure about that one. The native SATA is part of the ICH5R, and faster than the Promise theoretically. Don't know for sure.

 

[degeester]

I built a P4C800E box just recently, using a Seagate 7200.2 120Gb SATA drive. Windows XP Pro detected the drive right away and asked to format and partition the new drive. Are you getting at least to that section?