SATA, installations and partitions.

[felony]

AT,

I just bought my first SATA HDD, upgrading from an older ATA.

Seagate comes with a nice program that works from a CD or a bootable floppy as I have created to install the HDD on a fresh install of windows.

Before I chose to reformatt I had both of my drives working together, and set my new barracuda up with two partitions one as backups and one as the local drive, my backup containing existing files. I began the reinstallation of windows by disconnecting my old WD, and booting windows.

The program that comes with seagates products if nifty, though when it takes me throug hte drive setup it gives me only one option, to delete both partitions, and start fresh.

I want to be able to delete my windowsXP (c partition and reinstall to that, leaving my backup partition intact.

Any ideas, or pointer?
thanks in advance

dan h

 

[V00D00]

Put in the windows disk, and select the partition you want to install on. Haven't you ever installed windows before?

 

[felony]

lol ..

thanks for the response.

I have installed windows and do it once a month or so, but have never done it with SATA which needs drivers.

If i just let windows go thorugh setup it says it cant find the HDD, which means your solution does not work.

I went to the seagate site and it says the press f6 during windows install setup to bring up optional driver installations, I've done that, the only way I can get windows to install is by deleting both partitions and starting fresh

dan

 

[viivo]

Couldn't you make the second partition after Windows is installed?

 

[felony]

Originally posted by: viivo
Couldn't you make the second partition after Windows is installed?

yeah sure, but what about the data that is on the cuda that i dont want to lose?

 

[V00D00]

What do you mean? When you install windows no matter what, it should ask which hard drive and partition you want to install it on.

"the only way I can get windows to install is by deleting both partitions and starting fresh"

So you mean that you have to delete the partitions, and only then windows setup lets you install? BUT it doesn't let you pick the partition?? This makes no sense to me.

btw, it's not looking for seagate drivers, it's looking for the drivers for the sata controller on your motherboard.

 

[felony]

well i still cant get it to work.

If I have both of my drives connected and I boot my pata WD, I can view my new seagate from windows explorer and transfer files there etc. Both the partitions I want are also there.

I pop the windows disk in the cd rom and reboot, and I have an option to install windows on two partitions ( the ones on my WD pata drive, not the sata).

So in short, so you all understand what is goin on.

My pata WD drive is fine, I understand how to reformat that drive with both partitions.
I do not understand how to get my SATA drive visible on that same menu where I can select partitions to install windows to and or repair windows installs. Follow?

I have used seagates included program to set up the drive in windows (while other WD pata drive is still working) and tghats how I was able to load files back and forth.

ANy idea what I am missing,

dan

 

[felony]

update

well i found the appropriate drivers (i htink). I got them from asus and load them up just as seagate says when setting up windows for fresh installs by pressing f6.

It installs the files, and then takes me to where I would normally install windows to xyz partition, though it says there is no drive found and to quit setup.

any ideas?

dan