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XP Installation on SATA?

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Vipersix

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I have tried so many different approaches to get XP installed on my SATA drive that I've lost track of the attempts. I have tried using MaxBlaster 3 from Maxtor to setup the drive initially (which oddly doesn't work sometimes), I tried using a floppy to format and install via winnt.exe, I tried installing from a working PATA drive, I even tried making a bootable unmonitored XP disc.

SYMPTOMS:

- Going the unmonitored route: copies all files, installs VIA RAID drivers, begins installation, restarts computer to continue installation and gets stuck in a restart loop.

- OEM install from CD w/Floppy: I used a boot disk to load cd drivers, executed \i386\winnt.exe, pressed F6 upon notification, tried installing various combinations of the following three drivers: VIA VT8237 RAID, Promise 378 RAID, and Promise 378 ATA (all of which I downloaded off the Asus site). Installation continues until it's ready to restart and I get the dreaded Blue Screen of Death informing me to run CHKDSK /f

- If I can get it to actually install, I get "NTLDR is missing"

SETTINGS:

- BIOS: OnChip SATA BOOTROM: Enabled - OnBoard Promise Controller: Enabled/Disabled (tried both) - Boot Disk Priority: Tried them all

HARDWARE:

- Asus K8V SE Deluxe, Maxtor 160GB DiamondMax Plus 9 SATA


What's killing me is that I had everything loaded when it was a dual drive setup. One of my drives kicked the bucket and I am unable to re-load anything back on. HELP!!!!!
 
that kinda sounds like a memory error (ive had similar problems installing winxp when using faulty ram
have you run memtest86 on it? you can download it from memtest.org and create a bootable floppy


if it passes memtest then next i would run a diagnostic on the harddrives to check for errors, you can download the diagnostic tool from the hdd manufactures site
 
I ran memtest86 and showed no problems with my RAM. I ran every diagnostic I could get my hands on for the HD but came up with no problems. I tried installing XP from a good install on my PATA but after the reboot it says "Reboot and select proper Boot device or Insert Boot Media in selected Boot device and press a key" It is currently set up to boot from Floppy - SATA - SCSI.

Any other ideas?
 
I can't remember what i did, but I had the same problem, it kept freezing at the "installing drivers" part, then i replaced something and it worked again. I'll post when I remember.
 
Originally posted by: Vipersix
I ran memtest86 and showed no problems with my RAM. I ran every diagnostic I could get my hands on for the HD but came up with no problems. I tried installing XP from a good install on my PATA but after the reboot it says "Reboot and select proper Boot device or Insert Boot Media in selected Boot device and press a key" It is currently set up to boot from Floppy - SATA - SCSI.

Any other ideas?
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My brother had the same problem. It turned out to be a faulty CD Rom Drive.
 
I seriously doubt it can be either a faulty CD drive or an error installing the drivers. I just finished installing XP on my PATA with no problems using the same CD drive. As far as drivers... I'm using the latest drivers off of the Asus website for the VIA chipset. The drive itself is plugged into the SATA1 port. During bootup the BIOS detects and shows the drive under the VIA RAID startup.

Could it be something due to the fact that it's being detected as part of a RAID even though it is not setting up an array nor plugged into the RAID ports? As I said earlier, I had no problems when I installed as a RAID 1 configuration with twin SATA drives.
 
Originally posted by: Vipersix
I seriously doubt it can be either a faulty CD drive or an error installing the drivers. I just finished installing XP on my PATA with no problems using the same CD drive. As far as drivers... I'm using the latest drivers off of the Asus website for the VIA chipset. The drive itself is plugged into the SATA1 port. During bootup the BIOS detects and shows the drive under the VIA RAID startup.

Could it be something due to the fact that it's being detected as part of a RAID even though it is not setting up an array nor plugged into the RAID ports? As I said earlier, I had no problems when I installed as a RAID 1 configuration with twin SATA drives.
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you might need to go into the raid setup durring post and make sure its not setup as a raid, but as just a standard controller.

also double check in the bios to make sure its setup correct for the onboard controller to boot.
 
I was unable to install my maxtor SATA hd on that same board. I blame the board honestly...I went through everything, RMA'd the HD, the MB...nothing worked. Worked fine with an ATA drive.

The K8V Se deluxe has issues with sata imho.
 
do you have any ide hard drives connected? if you do that causes problems at least it did for me. disconnect any other hard drives other than the sata one when doing a fresh install.
 
If your hardware is gunuinely ok, all you should need to do is press f6 when setup starts up to install sata drivers off of floppy. I'd agree with rsd and say that its the mobo at fault.
 
Well then that sucks... and here I always had high regard for Asus.

I've tried with and without IDE attached... makes no difference. I've decided to just wait for a new SATA drive to be shipped out and install as a RAID. It worked once, it'll work again.

Thanks for the help.
 
I just did the install last night from SATA, here is link a to the drivers I used - and they worked flawlessly for the SATA and lan. Still have sound to fix.

Also, I made sure there were NO other IDE drives attached and any other "suspect" cards (SCSI controllers, lan, modem, etc) except a CD-ROM on the secondary-master. Also, check your BIOS boot sequence - make sure the SATA drive is the "1st HDD" and then make sure that the sequence goes something like (1) "CD-ROM (IDE)" (2) Floppy (3) 1st SATA HDD

Cheers -
Jerome
 
Thanks, I'll check these out. Now that you mention it I'll make sure I take out EVERY single PCI card I have in that baby to make sure nothing is fooling it like you said. I'll let you know how things go.
 
Well that worked. Not sure why this route worked and none of the others... suppose it has something to do with the drivers being used or something messed up with the original XP edition.

Thanks for all your help guys! Guess I'll go check out XP 64 and see if I can set up the rest of my hardware.
 
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