Installing Win XP using a SATA DVD drive, possible?

[Nickel020]

Is it possible to install WIn XP using a SATA DVD drive?

 

[jlbenedict]

If the chipset controller and its SATA connections are "native" and the drive is bootable, then it should be no problem.

 

[GreenGhost]

I thought I was going to get stuck yesterday with this issue, but I just put the XP disk and everything worked like a charm. I was installing on a Gigabyte 965P DS3, LiteOn SATA.

 

[gwag]

my guess is the motherboard has more to do with it than anything. ( like how you can almost boot into windows 95 from a 10 year old 2G hard disk via usb, but if you plug that usb hard disk into a windows 95 machine it will just laugh at you.

 

[Pirotech]

it's possible if windows can detect sata controller without installing sata drivers in addition.

 

[Nickel020]

Thanks, it's working =)