Re: Sata and win xp install issue

If they are configured as IDE drives, then the BIOS is "emulating" IDE drives from the SATA drives. In that case, no SATA drivers should be necessary .... the OS should see the drives as if they were IDE.

One possible problem with that is that your version of XP doesn't support drives larger than 137GB (e.g. it doesn't support 48-bit LBA). Your SATA drives are being "emulated into" IDE drives ... but it's possible that they are being "emulated into" IDE drives larger than 137GB, which, again, your version of Windows doesn't support. I'm not sure that is the problem, but it might be. If that is the case, you might have more luck with setting the drives to SATA (AHCI) mode and using an F6 driver. The 137GB limitation does not apply to drives which are not seen as IDE drives by the BIOS.


Bluenose 637 wrote:
My sata drives are configured as IDE drives in the bios. Should they be AHCI?


"Barry Watzman" <WatzmanNOSPAM@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:46b9478c$0$12160$4c368faf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
The RAID drivers and the SATA drivers are all the same drivers, but there is a screen that comes up where you have to select what you want to install. That's where you select a RAID mode or an AHCI (non-raid SATA drive) mode.


Bluenose 637 wrote:
You know it could be. I brain farted here. I assumed that since I had two SATA drives that the RAID would be SATA as well. It likley is the IDE. I was following the advice I had seen elseware that you need to get the RAID drivers on a floppy disc to use F6. I likely don't have SATA.

Now where can I find the SATA drivers. That is the next problem


"Xplanes" <XplanesMYTAXES@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:64e4ee0511e7c8c9a73395491712@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Hello Bluenose,

You sure the Jmicron drivers are for the SATA?

On my P5W DH Deluxe it is the IDE raid drivers.



Hi all,

I just finished building my new rig. Asus P5K Premium MD, 4 gig
Crucial DDR 800, Intel Core 2 Duo E6850, Nvidia GTS 8800, 2 WD Caviar
Sata 2 HDD, Sata DVD rom, Sata RW DVD.

Everything will POST fine. The bios (latest) sees everything
correctly. When I try to install win xp I have issues. Since I have
the SATA drives I have a floppy loaded with the RAID drivers (Jmicron
JMB363) so that is ready to go. Hit the F6 and things work fine until
the format. The first few times I did this the quick format worked
and then XP hung while copying files. Now it will quick format but
after it hits 100% it says that it could not format the disc. Same
issue for both drives (only see 131g on the either drive, one is 350
and other is 250).

I'm at a loss here. This is my 5th machine I have built and the first
time I have had a show stopper. Would Vista 32 see the SATA drives and
work fine or would I still have to do the floppy.

Any help would be great.

Xplanes,
cut MYTAXES from addy to reply by e-mail



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