Creating XP Partition

[EmosOohay]

Because I've got an older system I've had to install a PCI/SATA controller and SATA drive to hold me over until I can build a replacement system. I've got the SATA drive running on the contoller but can't get the XP setup disk to install XP on the new disk.

XP setup aquires all the parameters (size etc) for the disk and identifies the controller but still labels the disk as an "unknown disk" and won't install to it.

I've got a 20GB partition reserved for XP as the 1st partition and would like to be able to load it while the system is running on one of the old disks and then reboot to switch to the new disk.

If anyone has a link to instructions for creating a bootable XP partition while the system is running please reply!

Thanks in advance!

 

[Uncle Bob]

are you pressing F6 during the initial stage of the setup program (when it prompts at the bottom of the screen to press F6 if you wish to install additional drivers) - you need at this point to have a floppy disc ready with drivers for the SATA controller.

 

[EmosOohay]

Originally posted by: Uncle Bob
are you pressing F6 during the initial stage of the setup program (when it prompts at the bottom of the screen to press F6 if you wish to install additional drivers) - you need at this point to have a floppy disc ready with drivers for the SATA controller.

I did that, just left it out of my post. Could the problem be with the drivers on the floppy?

 

[Uncle Bob]

how big is the hard disc? if it's over 127GB you need to be installing XP with SP1 or SP2 slipstreamed

 

[EmosOohay]

Originally posted by: Uncle Bob
how big is the hard disc? if it's over 127GB you need to be installing XP with SP1 or SP2 slipstreamed

300GB

slipstreamed? Haven't heard of the before; have any references?

Thanks!

 

[Uncle Bob]

slipstream = integrated

check your cd label. does it say Service Pack 1 (or 2) included?

 

[EmosOohay]

Says SP1 included.

I already did the integrate SP2 exe, just getting to the cd rom burning stage. SP2 killed my cd software; have to download new.

Following these instructions: http://www.winsupersite.com/sh...sxp_sp2_slipstream.asp

I need to load XP nodestructively if possible. The first partition is unused, but I've loaded files into other partitions.

 

[Uncle Bob]

so does XP Setup list the partitions that are on the disc already?

was XP booting of this disc before? or was it installed as a data/storage disc on another XP installation?

you could try running the recovery console from the XP CD and do a fixmbr in case the master boot record has been corrupted.......

 

[EmosOohay]

Originally posted by: Uncle Bob
so does XP Setup list the partitions that are on the disc already?

was XP booting of this disc before? or was it installed as a data/storage disc on another XP installation?

you could try running the recovery console from the XP CD and do a fixmbr in case the master boot record has been corrupted.......

I haven't tried it since I created partitions via the disk manager. It's a basic disk with 4 partitions, 20,88,88,88 gigabytes each.

This is a new disk I added to system via a SIIG PCI/SATA host adaptor. Was able to create, format and list partitions with setup but nothing else.

Tried the recovery console to create all the boot stuff, but could not get past the "unknow disk" error condition with XP setup. Typical microsoft, setup prints out the host adaptor manufacter/model, the size of the drive attached, lists the partitions but still calls the disk unknown! Setup said the drive was not compatible with XP even though I'm using it with XP.

 

[Uncle Bob]

but you've loaded files onto the other partitions?

what disk manager? Western Digital? Seagate?

does the pci sata controller include a BIOS? (this is needed if you want the drive to be bootable)
it might help if you advise make/model of this controller

presumably you have discs on the normal IDE channel

give a full list of you hardware and its setup

 

[EmosOohay]

Originally posted by: Uncle Bob
but you've loaded files onto the other partitions?

what disk manager? Western Digital? Seagate?

does the pci sata controller include a BIOS? (this is needed if you want the drive to be bootable)
it might help if you advise make/model of this controller

presumably you have discs on the normal IDE channel

give a full list of you hardware and its setup

Sorry for the delay, but I got diddled by SP2! When I updated SP2 into a functioning system with all the drivers loaded it worked; but when I installed SP2 with only XP components installed it crashed my system (video I think, died right after bios was finished, halted with a black blank screen). It took a few go arounds to figure out that it was SP2.

I'm trying to get the new disk and controller to function as a bootable device. It works when another disk is used as boot device. Loaded several partitions with XP running on another disk.

I think the problem is that my MB doesn't see the PCI/SATA controller as a boot device even though I get XP setup to see it. I get stuck in a loop doing the first setup sequence upto the first reboot over and over.

If I could get my bios to see the PCI/SATA controller I could use it as a boot device.

I have onboard SCSI/IDE; not using the IDE, everything's SCSI except for the new SATA drive.

Thanks for the help. I wanted to get rid of the SCSI drives because they're old and load, but I can keep one until I get my new one built.