Please help me install xp my new SATA drive :)

[mechBgon]

There is no need to double-post stuff if you don't get instantaneous answers, grasshoppah 😉

You need the drivers. You need the drivers on floppy disk. Even if you have them, I have my doubts whether your VIA SATA controller will fly. But if you want to give it a shot, copy the WinXP driver set onto a floppy diskette, begin WindowsXP Setup from CD, press the F6 key when the blue screen says to, and wait for it to ask for your floppy. If it takes the drivers, recognizes the card, and still doesn't see the drive, guess what that means? It means get rid of the VIA-based SATA card, for starters.

Good luck, I gotta drive back home from work now. 🙂

 

[imported_myst]

alright
im copying the inf files and the other 2 directly to my A:

gonna try again

 

[imported_myst]

surprise surprise, didnt work
in fact, the card drivers didnt even show up in the list of which to include

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the 3 folders are the hard drive drivers, the files in \ are the card drivers

 

[mechBgon]

k, maybe you can return that SATA card tomorrow for an exchange, and get one that has a HiPoint or Silicon Image/SATALink or Promise chip, rather than a VIA chip? We'll have you running yet... 😀

 

[imported_myst]

take a look at this
http://forums.anandtech.com/messageview...atid=27&threadid=1676676&enterthread=y

ive ran winnt.exe and setup is starting within windows.. maybe this will work =)
ill keep u informed - 55 min left

 

[imported_myst]

nope
no go
restarted, but of course the drive isnt on the list

 

[mechBgon]

Originally posted by: myst
nope
no go
restarted, but of course the drive isnt on the list

I was gonna tell you that wouldn't work, but you're a quick one 😀 Well hey, just exchange that SATA card for a different one with some other SATA chiplet and you ought to be able to make headway on it. You now have the drill down just fine, all you need is a more cooperative card.

 

[imported_myst]

fair enough
ill probably just buy a new mb/chip..
i used your benchmark program and the hd was slower than my normal ide one

 

[bluemax]

marking this thread to come back later