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Problem with fresh XP Pro install
Posted: November 25, 2005, 10:05 pm
by Sylvus
Okay, so I'm finally wiping clean my newest computer and trying to install Win XP Pro on it. Booting from an SP2 disc solved the problem of the installer not recognizing the PCIe card, but now it's not recognizing my Hard Drive (it's like an 80GB Maxtor piece of shit, nothing too fancy).
I'm assuming I need to get the driver discs for the (S)ATA controller, but my problem is that this computer doesn't have a floppy drive. Any suggestions? Can you burn them to a CD and will the windows installer recognize it?
Posted: November 25, 2005, 10:18 pm
by Sylvus
Hmm... It appears I may have to modify my SP2 slipstream CD to include the maxtor's or mobo's drivers. Now to find them and where to put them.
Re: Problem with fresh XP Pro install
Posted: November 25, 2005, 10:22 pm
by Winnow
Sylvus wrote:Okay, so I'm finally wiping clean my newest computer and trying to install Win XP Pro on it. Booting from an SP2 disc solved the problem of the installer not recognizing the PCIe card, but now it's not recognizing my Hard Drive (it's like an 80GB Maxtor piece of shit, nothing too fancy).
I'm assuming I need to get the driver discs for the (S)ATA controller, but my problem is that this computer doesn't have a floppy drive. Any suggestions? Can you burn them to a CD and will the windows installer recognize it?
As long as you make your CD the 1st bootable device in your BIOS settings and then make a bootable CD and place the drivers on that CD it should work.
You might even be able to use a USB little mini keychain type drive. New MBs can boot to those as well I think.
Posted: November 25, 2005, 10:29 pm
by Zaelath
Usually don't need to do anything too fancy unless you've enabled the SATA RAID in your BIOS...
If it really needs a driver disk, it's probably fastest to hijack a floppy from another machine temporarily...
Your other option is to fiddle about creating a new install CD w/ the drivers on it, like
http://unattended.msfn.org/intermediate ... s/raid.htm
Posted: November 25, 2005, 11:57 pm
by Aslanna
See what happens when you change your mind from GBS to stuffing...
Posted: November 26, 2005, 12:11 am
by Sylvus
Going into the BIOS and changing the controller setting from AHCPI (or somesuch, what it was defaulted to) to ATA seems to have done the trick. Thanks for the helps.
Posted: November 27, 2005, 11:16 pm
by Voronwë
probably need to by 8 iPod nanos and make a RAID.
boot up to MacOS from there, connect via USB to your PC, run the Windows emulator and install over the network.
Posted: November 28, 2005, 12:03 am
by kyoukan
Voronwë wrote:probably need to by 8 iPod nanos and make a RAID.
boot up to MacOS from there, connect via USB to your PC, run the Windows emulator and install over the network.
oh no, he;lp
Posted: November 28, 2005, 8:42 pm
by Ebumar
Voronwë wrote:probably need to by 8 iPod nanos and make a RAID.
boot up to MacOS from there, connect via USB to your PC, run the Windows emulator and install over the network.
The best advice I've ever seen.