How to not format when installing Windows w/ SATA?

[profet]

Hey everyone!

I have had to switch motherboard from a Soltek w/ built in Sata drivers, and a Asus w/o built in Sata drivers. What I mean by that is w/ the asus I must load the sata drivers off of a floppy, when the soltek automatically does it all for me.

The bad thing here is that whenever I switch from one to the other, I must format my c: drive.

Any ideas?
Thanks
Danny

 

[joelslaw]

huh? why?

first, I don't think the mobo loads the drivers for you. what most mobos do is trick windows into thinking it is another ide drive.
second, you shouldn't need to reformat to switch sata drivers. what do you mean "must format my c:" ? like it won't boot / gives windows error / etc.?

 

[profet]

When I try to boot w/o going into windows setup and letting it load the sata drivers from the floppy, all the windows will do is get to where it starts to load windows and restarts.

Thanks for the help!

 

[joelslaw]

oh, so you aren't saying you reformat each time, you are saying it makes you load the drivers each time, correct?

 

[profet]

I don't know how to load the drivers w/o formating.
I tried going into windows setup and letting the drivers load, then exiting setup, but it still doesn't work.

I am about to switch over from the Asus back to the Soltek (upon an answer that I can try). The Asus, I had to load the Sata from the floppy. The Soltek automaticaly does it, BUT I cannot get into windows w/o formatting Windows.

UPDATE:
I got it to work without formatting from the Asus to the Soltek!