Booting sequence help.

[klnyc]

Hey Guys,

I just build me a rig. The mobo I got it has SATA on it. I would like make the SATA boot up. It's there a setting I need to do on the bios? I didnt want to trash out my 120gig IDE drive. I wanna make that drive for my data storage drive.

thanks

 

[ch33zw1z]

some motherboards will have native SATA support. if it doesn't, you will need to add them while installing windows. it's pretty easy, you'll need a floppy drive installed though. I also recommend unplugging any other drives in the machine while doing the install.

When you boot to the Windows install disk, it will first inspect your system configuration. Right after that the screen turns blue and starts display stuff at the bottom, the very first option being "Press F6 to install Third party SCSI or RAID drivers". Press F6. insert the floppy with the correct SATA drivers into the drive. follow the directions and you should be all set.

post back if you get stuck.

 

[klnyc]

Ah I got cha, what if u dont have floppy drive like you see on those Dell xp? (thats another story)

Okay, my mobo its a Chaintech VNF4(I think thats the model, im not too sure, im at work now). So, do I need to set-up anything on the BIOS? Like the boot sequence? (floppy,scsi,ide,etc)?

 

[ch33zw1z]

make sure it boots the CD first for the install, after that it's up to personal preference. if you don't a floppy, then you need to put one in quick. I don't have one installed...so i just plug one in for the installs and lay it anywhere that's sturdy (floppy cable is long enough to place the drive on top of the case).

look through the BIOS, since it's newer it may have on board SATA support...which means windows won't have a problem seeing the drive.