Installing SATA drive (raptor) in WinXP

[lorinser75]

Hi guys,
I need a quick clarification,

I am installing a raptor drive in Nforce3 Chaintech mobo, and installation is a breeze because the HD is automatically detected, and looks like ready to go. My question is do I need to install the SATA driver when installing winXP from scratch (F6 - to install third part scsi driver)?

That's it for now. Any advice is greatly appreciated.

Thanks a lot guys, and happy holidays to all you in AT forums

 

[Darth Farter]

yes, to install windows xp (or any other windows version up till now) you need a floppy with the sata drivers for your mainboard on it, because windows xp doesn't have the sata drivers integrated like most other drivers we know (usb, pata, etc)

 

[mrnab]

Does this apply even for a slipstreamed SP2 windows XP cd?

 

[ribbon13]

if you slipstreamed the drivers no. But just sp1-2, then you will still need the driver disk. It is possible to put the drivers on the xp iso

 

[Blain]

I didn't need to F6 any drivers when I installed XP Pro on my 36GB Raptor.

 

[ribbon13]

THe driver is need for the controller, not the drive

 

[ribbon13]

If your SATA controller was one of the ones on the cd already you wouldn't need to. The SilRaid 3112 3114 series do.

 

[CEV]

Originally posted by: Darth Farter
yes, to install windows xp (or any other windows version up till now) you need a floppy with the sata drivers for your mainboard on it, because windows xp doesn't have the sata drivers integrated like most other drivers we know (usb, pata, etc)

I have an ASUS P4P800. If the drivers are on the MB CD, I could find them. Any ideals?

Thanks,

Chad

 

[nvbtye]

dmjofz

 

[CEV]

When I go to the BIOS, it shows my only drive, which is a SATA drive, as it should. Because it is a SATA drive, it shows as a third primary master. When I try booting to the XP to install it, XP says it cannot detect any drives. There has to be a way around this. Does anyone here know what it is without slipstreaming which I have never done and I am not going to do.

Thanks,

Chad

 

[SUOrangeman]

nlite makes slipstreaming easy. Copy \i386 from the CD (or just all of the CD), extract the drivers to a directory, point nLite to the appropriate directories and it will build everything for you.

nuhi.msfn.org

Once you try it, you'll wonder why you haven't had something like this since the first release of Win2K.

-SUO