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Dragonlich · 03-10-2004, 11:27 PM

Does the bios see the harddrive in the first place (i.e. is it working)? If so, is the bios set up to use the SATA disk as boot device? If so, is the sata controller a RAID-controller? I doubt it, but if so, you might need a RAID driver disk to install Windows.

And yes, SATA drives can be used as boot disk - I have that setup running along just fine, without any extra worries. Well, except for that bios setup thing.

IF the bios doesn't even see the drive in the first place, something is wrong with either the motherboard, cable, harddisk or your hardware setup (cable wasn't plugged in?).

Note, if you do manage to install, don't worry about the 137 gig harddisk limit instead of 160. Earlier windows XP versions have a max there, which is solved in SP1. Just sayin'.

03-10-2004, 11:27 PM	#2 (permalink)
Dragonlich 42, baby! Location: The Netherlands	Does the bios see the harddrive in the first place (i.e. is it working)? If so, is the bios set up to use the SATA disk as boot device? If so, is the sata controller a RAID-controller? I doubt it, but if so, you might need a RAID driver disk to install Windows. And yes, SATA drives can be used as boot disk - I have that setup running along just fine, without any extra worries. Well, except for that bios setup thing. IF the bios doesn't even see the drive in the first place, something is wrong with either the motherboard, cable, harddisk or your hardware setup (cable wasn't plugged in?). Note, if you do manage to install, don't worry about the 137 gig harddisk limit instead of 160. Earlier windows XP versions have a max there, which is solved in SP1. Just sayin'. Last edited by Dragonlich; 03-10-2004 at 11:30 PM..