install WinXP with SATA devices?

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Frank Pajerski

In the midst of building a new computer with all the latest hardware.
Want to install WinXP on it via its retail distribution CD and then its
SP2 CD which I have on hand.

For my keyboard and mouse and printers which are USB-connected, I will
first specify "legacy USB" in the BIOS until USB2.0 support comes in
with the SP2 install. So I am expecting those devices to work properly.

But, my hard-disk and optical drives are SATA-connected. Is SATA
support present during the base WinXP installation process? Will my
SATA-connected drives be seen and used correctly at base WinXP level??

Or have I painted myself into a Vista-install-only corner here??

Thanks.

--- Frank
 
In the midst of building a new computer with all the latest hardware.
Want to install WinXP on it via its retail distribution CD and then its
SP2 CD which I have on hand.

For my keyboard and mouse and printers which are USB-connected, I will
first specify "legacy USB" in the BIOS until USB2.0 support comes in
with the SP2 install. So I am expecting those devices to work properly.

But, my hard-disk and optical drives are SATA-connected. Is SATA
support present during the base WinXP installation process? Will my
SATA-connected drives be seen and used correctly at base WinXP level??

Or have I painted myself into a Vista-install-only corner here??

Thanks.

--- Frank
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You can install SATA drives if you have one of the following:

1) Floppy drive and SATA XP install driver. Press F6 during the
install process to "add" additional driver to XP install process.

2) Intel SATA controller -- not sure but Intel SATA drivers are
"supposed" to be on the XP install CD.


Another possibility, is to "slipstream" the SATA drivers into the XP
install process and re-create a new XP install CD. This means that
you need to use a different PC to do this new CD.
 
My thought/hope is that when launching the Windows XP Setup, installing
RAID support (provided by the mobo maker) when "Press F6 to install RAID
drivers" appears will provide the SATA support WinXP then needs.

--- Frank
 
You shouldn't need Vista.

Some mainboards permit you to install XP onto a SATA drive without
installing the best SATA drivers. I believe that is true of mainboards with
Intel chipsets, but I have also done it with a board using an nForce 4
chipset for AMD Socket 939 CPUs. Once XP is installed, you should install
the mainboard's drivers to get the best performance.

It may be to your advantage to prepare a version of your XP installation CD
with SP2 "slipstreamed" onto it. I've never used Autostreamer, but I have
read claims that it simplifies the slipstreaming process.

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Frank Pajerski said:
In the midst of building a new computer with all the latest hardware. Want
to install WinXP on it via its retail distribution CD and then its SP2 CD
which I have on hand.

For my keyboard and mouse and printers which are USB-connected, I will
first specify "legacy USB" in the BIOS until USB2.0 support comes in with
the SP2 install. So I am expecting those devices to work properly.

But, my hard-disk and optical drives are SATA-connected. Is SATA support
present during the base WinXP installation process? Will my SATA-connected
drives be seen and used correctly at base WinXP level??

Or have I painted myself into a Vista-install-only corner here??

Thanks.

--- Frank
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Although I used an Evga 680i motherboard, I just went through almost the
same thing. My system has 4 SATA HD, 2 set in a RAID 0 config and my DVD/RW
is SATA also. This was a fresh install. I had Xp Pro/with SP2 slipstreamed
on the CD. Started system, went into BIOS configured RAID and CDrom boot and
that was it. I did press F6 to install the special RAID and NVIDIA Storage
drivers but after that it was business as usual. Also installed Vista in a
dual boot immediately following the XP install.

Absolutely NO problems and I had all IDE functions disabled in the BIOS.

HTH,

Vic
 
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