Do you have to provide the drivers for SATA Disks while installing Windows XP from scratch or is it a normal installation(like IDE disks). This is for MoBo Asus P5LD2-VM.
SATA Installation Q
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Originally Posted by NightTranif you mean hard drive, I dont have Asus but dell I just plug in straight, just format like IDEComment
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recently I have been running into some sort of bios implementation of ide emulation where you don't have to have a sata chipset driver disk for xp to see your serial drives, this is a welcome improvement.
simple test boot to the cd and see if windows sees the drive(s)Comment
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After exploring a bit, I found that Windows XP Pro does not detect SATA HDD and you have to use F6 to provide for the driver using a floppy disk.
But further exploration also revealed that if your version of Window XP CD has an integrated SP2, you wouldnt need to provide for the SATA drivers.
Otherwise create a Slipstream XP CD with SP2.Comment
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This Article + the various posts by end users in various forums.
I will do my install tomorrow, so can confirm that also.
Some ppl posted that it does detect SATA drives for installation, but with ultra ATA drivers, so once installed, you need to install the proper drivers.
This is just to do away a need for a floppy drive during installation.Comment
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Originally Posted by Chewyhttp://www.pcstats.com/articleview.c...id=1703&page=5
did you slipstream the sata drivers into cab files?
EDIT:I have posponed my installation by few days as I was lacking some hardware, but i will definitely post my results in a few daysLast edited by techreactor; 5 Jul 2006, 02:06 PM.Comment
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Getting very strong with the force, way to go, I just keep a couple of floppy drives with cables handy!
did the slipstream a long time ago with sp1, my hats off to you!
My directions didn't include the copy and paste trick with the run command,
I could kill that guy! then I named the cd wrong on top of thatComment
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Okay, I installed the OS without any external driver.
WinXP Pro with SP2 CD
Seagate SATA 160 GB HDD
ASUS P5LD2-VM motherboard
The motherboard was able to detect the HDD in enhanced IDE mode and eveything went smooth without any hicups.
So probably if your motherboard has support for SATA, you should not face any problems with WinXP pro SP2.Comment
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