type11969 0 Posted December 17, 2004 I'm putting together my first puter, the old dell 550 has been a warrior but it is time to upgrade. I'm using a Soltek motherboard (VIA K8T900/SL-K8AV2-RL) with an AMD 64 3000+ CPU. 1 GIG o RAM, 80 gig SATA Maxtor hd (YY080MO), and a Radeon Pro 9600 Pro. I have everything together, she boots up, the CD drive is recognized, and XP pro starts to install, BUT my hard drive is not recognized. How do I correct this? Any help would be greatly appreciated. -Chris Share this post Link to post
janfebmar 0 Posted December 17, 2004 you have to use the sata driver disk (a floppy "usually") that comes with the mobo or drive. since you have to install the SATA raid drivers before windows can detect such disks in a preinstalled phaze. at once when you begin the xp installation look in the lower part of your screen. there you will see : " press F8 to install third party scsi/sata raid drivers" or something like that. just follow the installation from there. Share this post Link to post
jmmijo 1 Posted December 17, 2004 Originally posted by janfebmar: Quote: you have to use the sata driver disk (a floppy "usually") that comes with the mobo or drive. since you have to install the SATA raid drivers before windows can detect such disks in a preinstalled phaze. at once when you begin the xp installation look in the lower part of your screen. there you will see : " press F8 to install third party scsi/sata raid drivers" or something like that. just follow the installation from there. Actually its the F6 Key, you will see a small blue bar at the bottom of the screen stating this, just press the F6 key a couple of times and that should do it Share this post Link to post
janfebmar 0 Posted December 17, 2004 yes.. it is. my bad. well i said "or something like that" i wasnt 100% sure.. its ages ago since ive installed xp Share this post Link to post
jmmijo 1 Posted December 17, 2004 No prob, it's the same for 2K and I do believe NT as well, however NT doesn't display this info bar at the bottom of the screen, it was considered an hidden function of the text setup mode Share this post Link to post
janfebmar 0 Posted December 19, 2004 i have made a note now, so ill remember.. its the thing i never cared to remember since it actually stand in the bottom of the screen.. heh Share this post Link to post
