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XP install not detecting SATA drive
I have been having trouble with XP not detecting my hard drive at
install. The drive is a 120G Seagate Barracuda SATA, the M/B is Asus K8V (VIA K8T800). The drive is detected in BIOS, but XP will not detect it. I have tried pressing F6 for the third party drivers install, but XP wants a floppy, I have the CD and I do not have a floppy drive. What do I do next? Thank You Matt |
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I think the easiest way will be aquire a floppy drive and copy the
drivers from your cd to it. This was the only way i could get it working when I recently set up a system with SATA+Raid. (Matt) wrote in message . com... I have been having trouble with XP not detecting my hard drive at install. The drive is a 120G Seagate Barracuda SATA, the M/B is Asus K8V (VIA K8T800). The drive is detected in BIOS, but XP will not detect it. I have tried pressing F6 for the third party drivers install, but XP wants a floppy, I have the CD and I do not have a floppy drive. What do I do next? Thank You Matt |
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Matt wrote:
OK、this morning I have; flashed the bios, got hold of a floppy, copied files to the floppy, pressed F6 at the appropriate moment, pressed S to use files on the floppy, selected the appropriate file, and then just after the point where I press enter to continue installing, it says I have no HDD??????? Did you get the right file? Is the floppy setup correctly? From memory, the .inf that gets read lists the location of the drivers to load - if the files are in the wrong place on the floppy, I'm not sure you'll see an error - I think the XP install will just keep on runnning. I tried moving the SATA cable to the different locations in the M/B just in case, but still no luck. Help!!! The SATA BIOS on mine identifies the HDD model at POST - I get the normal BIOS screens and then the screen clears shows the SATA stuff, and looks for drives on both SATA channels, and lists any SATA drives it finds. If you can see the SATA BIOS finding the drive you know it's plugged in and powered correctly. If the SATA BIOS comes up without drives on either channel, you know you've got a problem in the connection or drive power somewhere. Hope this helps! |
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Andy Lawson wrote in message ...
Matt wrote: OK、this morning I have; flashed the bios, got hold of a floppy, copied files to the floppy, pressed F6 at the appropriate moment, pressed S to use files on the floppy, selected the appropriate file, and then just after the point where I press enter to continue installing, it says I have no HDD??????? Did you get the right file? Is the floppy setup correctly? From memory, the .inf that gets read lists the location of the drivers to load - if the files are in the wrong place on the floppy, I'm not sure you'll see an error - I think the XP install will just keep on runnning. The file windows looked for to install the RAID drivers was called txtsetup.oem. I found this on the CD and in the same directory was a folder called XP with the followinf files in it: ptipbm.dll UISata.cat UISata.inf uIsata.sys vssver.scc I copied the txtsetup file and the folder onto the floppy, in the same structure that they use on the CD, the installer read the floppy ok and had me choose from 4 sets of drivers, one for win2003, one for XP, one for NT and one for 98. I chose the XP one, and the installer moves on to where you need to press enter to continue, after which it says I have no HDD, and cannot install. I tried moving the SATA cable to the different locations in the M/B just in case, but still no luck. Help!!! The SATA BIOS on mine identifies the HDD model at POST - I get the normal BIOS screens and then the screen clears shows the SATA stuff, and looks for drives on both SATA channels, and lists any SATA drives it finds. If you can see the SATA BIOS finding the drive you know it's plugged in and powered correctly. If the SATA BIOS comes up without drives on either channel, you know you've got a problem in the connection or drive power somewhere. Hope this helps! The BIOS detects the drive no problem, even when I move the cable from SATA 0 to SATA 1, so I am sure it is just a problem getting the windows installer to discover the drive. Matt |
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Matt wrote:
I copied the txtsetup file and the folder onto the floppy, in the same structure that they use on the CD, I think this is what I did too. Check the paths in TXTSETUP.OEM are still relevant. The BIOS detects the drive no problem, even when I move the cable from SATA 0 to SATA 1, so I am sure it is just a problem getting the windows installer to discover the drive. That's odd. Not a cabling problem, then. Is your SATA BIOS interactive by any chance? Are there any other SATA controller drivers available for download for this MB from Asus? |
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