Installing Windows XP Using Plextor SATA DVD Drive

[Woofmeister]

I am building a brand new machine running Windows XP. I am planning on using only SATA drives (plus a floppy drive solely to load the SATA drivers). The only optical drive I will be using is the Plextor PX-716SA DVD±R/RW CD-R/RW SATA drive

I know I will need to use a floppy disk to install the SATA drivers during the Windows install since Windows XP does not have native support for SATA, but will I even be able to get that far if I attempt to install XP from a SATA DVD drive? In other words, will I have problems installing XP if I'm running the Windows XP CD-ROM on a SATA DVD drive?

 

[imported_Kensai]

That's awesome. I want an SATA Optical drive.
Never encountered that problem. (Never had an SATA optical.)

 

[slash196]

What are the exact specs of the system you're building? When I built my system I didn't need any SATA drivers for my HD.

 

[Woofmeister]

Originally posted by: slash196
What are the exact specs of the system you're building? When I built my system I didn't need any SATA drivers for my HD.

Glad you asked

AMD Athlon 64 3800
DFI LANPARTY UT nF4 SLI-DR Motherboard
Corsair XMS 2GB PC3200 DDR
BFG Technologies GeForce 6800 GT OC(2)
Plextor PX-716SA Dual Layer DVD±RW Writer
Seagate Barracuda 7200.8 250GB SATA Hard Drive
Seasonic S12 600W ATX Power Supply
Lian Li PC-7 PLUS Aluminum Mid-Tower Case

(and some crappy no-name floppy drive that I'm going to disconnect as soon as I get XP installed)

 

[Woofmeister]

Er, Bueller?

 

[doinmybestatlast]

You need to install Raid drivers via the floppy - not SATA.

 

[Big Lar]

I have Intel rigs, but have been installing off the sata Dvd for the last 4 diff installs, with different boards, and have had zero problems.
( I have the Plex 12x drive tho, not that it should matter at all).

 

[racolvin]

I dunno about the dual-layer drives, but I have the Plextor 712SA and my XP install disk booted from it with no trouble

R