raptor 150gb won't let me install windows!!!

[Proprioceptive]

So I just finished building my machine and I'm trying to install Media Center 2005. I have two WD Caviar SE16 500gb HDs and one Rapter 150gb HD, and I'm trying to install the OS on the Raptor. Windows setup will allow me to install it on either of the 500gb HDs, but every time I try to install on the 150gb, it gives me this message:

"This disk does not contain a windows xp-compatible partition. To contine installing windows xp, return to the partition screen and create a windows xp-compatible partition on the disk above....."

Why in the world is the partition I'm creating not xp compatbile? And how can I create one??? Thanks in advance!

 

[bruceb]

Is the Rapter drive a SATA Drive ? ? ... If it is you need to install the SATA Drivers using F6 when XP asks for third party drivers
You could also slave the Rapter in another pc, look at it ... see what file system is on there ... perhaps the very first part has the
wrong format .. if there is no data on it, you can format it on the other pc first and then try to install xp on the pc

 

[Proprioceptive]

awesome... I'll give that a try and update. and yes, it's SATA

 

[Proprioceptive]

Originally posted by: bruceb
Is the Rapter drive a SATA Drive ? ? ... If it is you need to install the SATA Drivers using F6 when XP asks for third party drivers
You could also slave the Rapter in another pc, look at it ... see what file system is on there ... perhaps the very first part has the
wrong format .. if there is no data on it, you can format it on the other pc first and then try to install xp on the pc

Now that I think of it, setup never asks for SATA drivers, and the other 500gb drives are SATA as well, and I can install on those, just not the Raptor. Any suggestions?

 

[zkaudio]

jumper settings?

also did you format it first? It should give you the option to format the disk when you click on it as your install disk... maybe delete the current partition on that disk, then create a new one and format it (slow format) to max size then install... just a guess.

 

[DaveSimmons]

The SATA port you have the raptor attached to might not emulate an IDE / PATA port, so it needs you to use the F6 key and a disk controller driver diskette during install (or to change the port's setting in the BIOS, you'd need to RTFM to see)

 

[BFG10K]

The first thing you should do is confirm the BIOS can see the drive. If it can you'll need a floppy disk with SATA drivers (F6 during install process) to load drivers for Windows.

 

[t3h l337 n3wb]

Yeah, when setup starts loading files and stuff, it'll prompt you to press F6 if you need to install SCSI/RAID/SATA drivers.

 

[Twsmit]

You only need the SATA drivers for F6 if your installing a Pre service pack 1 install of XP. Media center 2005 should have the SATA drivers. The only other reason I can think of is that you dont have native SATA support on your chipset. If your running SATA off an onboard PCI controller then you need the drivers.... if its an Nforce 4 for instance or a modern Intel you dont need the drivers and something else is messed up.