Re: A7N8X-E sata hd one drive only?



On Sat, 13 Aug 2005 11:45:42 +0200, "Per Nielsen"
<dazzler53@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>Sam wrote:
>> To install Windows on it, however, you'll need to have a floppy disk
>> with the SATA drivers on it. For XP, you press F-6 when it prompts for
>> SCSI drivers at the beginning... it will then eventually read the
>> floppy and load the drivers. Without those drivers, Windows won't
>> recognize that the drive even exists. (If you have one of those new
>> Microsoft keyboards with the F-Lock key, be sure to press it first,
>> before using the F-6 key).
>> Sam
>> (been there... done that...)
>
>Been there too with one system and one SATA drive :-) Just curious to know
>what the deal is with thinking RAID with only 1 SATA disc?

Not sure... maybe because there's a prompt on the screen for RAID
setup at the point where it recognizes the SATA disk. With just one
disk (or two disks used independently), just ignore that prompt and
use them just like you would any other hard-drives.

Sam

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