SATA and XP Install

Modoman · 08-14-2005, 01:42 AM

ok, i know this has been covered many times, but too many results come up in search...
i just got a replacement motherboard (gigabyte GA-8IK1100) and everything is fine until i try to install xp. ive tried many different configurations, but setup cannot detect any hard drives on my comp. i have 2 sata raptors and bios recognizes them, but windows will not and so i cant wipe the drive and install xp. ive tried every combination in bios that i know of to get the drives to be recognized (enabling raid, making the sata recognized as ide, reversing sata0 with sata1, etc.) is there something that needs to be set just-so? thanks

spacedude89 · 08-14-2005, 07:28 AM

on my abit motherboard, i had to "DISABLE" the sata/raid drivers for windows to reconize it.. try it

Modoman · 08-14-2005, 10:46 AM

ive enabled it, disabled it... nothing changes, except the error messages shown.. anyone??

mrjack · 08-14-2005, 01:15 PM

Well usually when installing Windows on a computer with SATA harddrives you have to install the SATA drivers via floppy, usually. Did you get a floppy with the drivers on them when you purchased the harddrives?

[-0MEGA-] · 08-14-2005, 01:18 PM

i've had a problem like that on my ABIT motherboard, when i tried to install xp it said it couldnt find any hard drives (it was a Maxtor 200GB SATA). On my motherboard, there was a jumper to clear the CMOS, when i did that, and then tried to install xp, it saw the drives and i was able to install, but unfortunetly, every time i restarted my computer i had to reset the cmos.

Trizoy · 08-14-2005, 07:02 PM

You need to pop in the winxp CD and when it ask you if you wanna load raid drivers press f6... Then you press f6... Load the raid/sata drivers (same thing) that came with the sata harddrive. If they did not come with any then download it from the manufacturers website. SATA NEEDS THE RAID DRIVERS. If your installing an additional sata drive there drivers are already loaded... I had the same problem a few months ago. Good luck!

Modoman · 08-14-2005, 08:19 PM

hmm i never had to install anything for the drives before, and the drives were oem, so i got no software. ill download them and try this out, thanks

Modoman · 08-14-2005, 08:22 PM

ok... there is no SATA driver for my hard drive. there is software for a controller card that may come with my card, but obviously i dont need a controller card as my board has sata. im really at a loss, i guess ill try gigabyte support, but manufacturers support never gets me anywhere. ill fiddle with it some more in the mean time.. thanks

08-14-2005, 01:42 AM	#1 (permalink)
Modoman Platinum Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 553	SATA and XP Install ok, i know this has been covered many times, but too many results come up in search... i just got a replacement motherboard (gigabyte GA-8IK1100) and everything is fine until i try to install xp. ive tried many different configurations, but setup cannot detect any hard drives on my comp. i have 2 sata raptors and bios recognizes them, but windows will not and so i cant wipe the drive and install xp. ive tried every combination in bios that i know of to get the drives to be recognized (enabling raid, making the sata recognized as ide, reversing sata0 with sata1, etc.) is there something that needs to be set just-so? thanks __________________ X2 3800+ Toledo @ 2.0GHz w/ Zalman 9500 2GB OCZ DC EL Plat. 2-3-2-5 2T MSI K8N-Neo4 2 x WD 36GB SATA Raptors eVga 7800GT @ 470/1200 FSP AX500-A 500w

08-14-2005, 07:28 AM	#2 (permalink)
spacedude89 Diamond Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Oregon Age: 20 Posts: 1,420	on my abit motherboard, i had to "DISABLE" the sata/raid drivers for windows to reconize it.. try it __________________ Desktop: Abit AW9D-MAX ~ Core 2 Duo E6300 @ 2.4GHz ~ Radeon X1900GT Laptop: HP ~ Core Duo T2050 ~ nVidia 7600 First smiles, then lies. Last comes gunfire.

08-14-2005, 10:46 AM	#3 (permalink)
Modoman Platinum Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 553	ive enabled it, disabled it... nothing changes, except the error messages shown.. anyone?? __________________ X2 3800+ Toledo @ 2.0GHz w/ Zalman 9500 2GB OCZ DC EL Plat. 2-3-2-5 2T MSI K8N-Neo4 2 x WD 36GB SATA Raptors eVga 7800GT @ 470/1200 FSP AX500-A 500w

08-14-2005, 01:15 PM	#4 (permalink)
mrjack VIP Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Finland Age: 18 Posts: 2,595	Well usually when installing Windows on a computer with SATA harddrives you have to install the SATA drivers via floppy, usually. Did you get a floppy with the drivers on them when you purchased the harddrives? __________________ Intel Core 2 Duo E7200 @ 3.45GHz \| MSI P7N Zilent 2x2048Mb OCZ Titanium 800MHz DDR2 Western Digital Caviar 160Gb SATAII Samsung Spinpoint F1 320Gb SATAII Western Digital Caviar 500Gb SATAII Samsung Spinpoint F1 750Gb SATAII MSI NX8800GT OC 512Mb Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Xtreme Audio Antec Truepower Trio 550W Windows Vista Ultimate 64-bit

08-14-2005, 08:19 PM	#7 (permalink)
Modoman Platinum Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 553	hmm i never had to install anything for the drives before, and the drives were oem, so i got no software. ill download them and try this out, thanks __________________ X2 3800+ Toledo @ 2.0GHz w/ Zalman 9500 2GB OCZ DC EL Plat. 2-3-2-5 2T MSI K8N-Neo4 2 x WD 36GB SATA Raptors eVga 7800GT @ 470/1200 FSP AX500-A 500w

08-14-2005, 01:18 PM	#5 (permalink)
[-0MEGA-] VIP Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Goffstown, NH Age: 21 Posts: 28,943	i've had a problem like that on my ABIT motherboard, when i tried to install xp it said it couldnt find any hard drives (it was a Maxtor 200GB SATA). On my motherboard, there was a jumper to clear the CMOS, when i did that, and then tried to install xp, it saw the drives and i was able to install, but unfortunetly, every time i restarted my computer i had to reset the cmos.

08-14-2005, 07:02 PM	#6 (permalink)
Trizoy VIP Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Mountain View, Ca Posts: 4,681	You need to pop in the winxp CD and when it ask you if you wanna load raid drivers press f6... Then you press f6... Load the raid/sata drivers (same thing) that came with the sata harddrive. If they did not come with any then download it from the manufacturers website. SATA NEEDS THE RAID DRIVERS. If your installing an additional sata drive there drivers are already loaded... I had the same problem a few months ago. Good luck!

08-14-2005, 08:22 PM	#8 (permalink)
Modoman Platinum Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 553	ok... there is no SATA driver for my hard drive. there is software for a controller card that may come with my card, but obviously i dont need a controller card as my board has sata. im really at a loss, i guess ill try gigabyte support, but manufacturers support never gets me anywhere. ill fiddle with it some more in the mean time.. thanks __________________ X2 3800+ Toledo @ 2.0GHz w/ Zalman 9500 2GB OCZ DC EL Plat. 2-3-2-5 2T MSI K8N-Neo4 2 x WD 36GB SATA Raptors eVga 7800GT @ 470/1200 FSP AX500-A 500w

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