Re: But I don't want a RAID, just a single SATA drive!
- From: "Jan Alter" <bearpuf@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 14 Jul 2006 11:17:17 GMT
"Anna" <myname@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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More and more newer mbs are now being manufactured to recognize the"Jan Alter" <bearpuf@xxxxxxxxxxx> blabbered in
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You're right in that SATA has nothing to do with RAID. One can
create a
RAID array with or without SATA drives. And installing a SATA drive
can be as easy as using a PATA drive to problematic as having to
install SATA drivers during the XP installation, depending upon the mb
you are using. Some mbs are designed to pick up a SATA mb
automatically (without installing additional SATA drivers), while some
have to have the mb look for it as a SCSI drive. In some of the most
common scenerios one goes to the bios and sets the 0 hdd to be looked
for as SCSI and then makes the first boot device the CD-ROM.
Starting the computer with the XP install disk at this point, after
rebooting, one hits the F6 key very early on the XP installation, when
asked to have the SATA drivers for the mb available on a 3.5" floppy
drive, either supplied with the mb or found at the mb maker's website
to allow Windows to see the drive. Once the drivers are copied to the
hdd Windows finds the hdd and installs.
You may glean some insight by reading your mb manual or simply
trying
each of the scenerios I mentioned above. As long as your mb has a SATA
controller onboard there should be little difficulty getting the mb
and Windows to recognize it for the installation.
Jan Alter
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"Ben Dover" <bendme@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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That is INcorrect. You do NOT need to install any drivers for an SATA
drive from F6 unless the drive is to be used in a RAID array. XP/SP2
recognizes SATA drives natively and will set them up just as it would an
IDE drive.
John - just put the drive in, connect as usual, and boot your system. The
drive will be there and you can format it as usual. Just check your BIOS
on initial boot to make sure SATA is enabled.
Ben:
Jan Alter's comment re the possible need to install an appropriate SATA HD
driver when installing a SATA HD is *not* incorrect. Unfortunately, there
are a number of motherboards that require a SATA HD driver to be installed
even when a RAID array is not involved, e.g., when the user is simply
installing a single SATA HD. It is the motherboard's chipset that
determines whether such a driver will be necessary, the XP OS
notwithstanding.
It is true that more & more of the chipsets being released have this
"built-in" capability of detecting a SATA HD without the need of an
auxiliary driver, but there are plenty of motherboards out there that do
require the SATA HD driver be installed. So I'm afraid we will have to put
up with that incredibly stupid "F6 routine" for some time to come.
Anna
SATA drive without the F6 driver installation, but many will require them
just for a single drive, even though not intended for a RAID array. Even if
you install the driver, and it is not needed, you are not required to set up
an array to make your single drive function properly.
Jan Alter
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