xp install with SATA Drive?

[slick20066]

is there something i need to do while loading xp thats different than a standard ide drive?

 

[MustISO]

I've never had any issues installing windows XP or 2003 on an SATA drive. If you're using a raid controller then you may need to load the driver during XP setup.

 

[shroud72]

I ran into this problem when I was installing Windows XP on a shuttle pc that did not have a floppy drive, it has a memory card reader instead. When installing XP there is an option to hit a key to install 3rd party SCSI drivers which can also be used for unsupported SATA drivers. After Windows loads the necessary drivers, it will ask you to insert the disk into your floppy drive. If you don't have a floppy drive like me, the best bet is to use a freeware program called nlite (just google it) to make a modified version of Windows XP that will include the SATA drivers you need. It is a very easy program to use and when it is finished it will even burn a bootable Windows XP cdrom with the included drivers inside of it.

 

[Bill Kunert]

Originally posted by: shroud72
I ran into this problem when I was installing Windows XP on a shuttle pc that did not have a floppy drive, it has a memory card reader instead. When installing XP there is an option to hit a key to install 3rd party SCSI drivers which can also be used for unsupported SATA drivers. After Windows loads the necessary drivers, it will ask you to insert the disk into your floppy drive. If you don't have a floppy drive like me, the best bet is to use a freeware program called nlite (just google it) to make a modified version of Windows XP that will include the SATA drivers you need. It is a very easy program to use and when it is finished it will even burn a bootable Windows XP cdrom with the included drivers inside of it.

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[RebateMonger]

Originally posted by: slick20066
is there something i need to do while loading xp thats different than a standard ide drive?

It depends on your hard drive controller. If your controller is working in "IDE emulation mode", then Windows can use the built-in IDE drivers for the installation. If you are using a SATA RAID controller and have it set for RAID mode, then Windows will need a driver for the controller. If that's not built into Windows, then you'll have to add it, either by burning a new XP Install CD with the driver included, or by having a floppy drive/disk with the required driver.