SATA drive as a master

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Is the SATA drive connected to an IDE header? Then read the
documentation for it to set the jumpers.
 
It isn't really for me. A friend bought a motherboard that only has 1
IDE cable - and he is using it for the Optical Drive so therefore he
had to ditch his IDE harddrive for now and use the SATA as a master..
I am not completely computer dumb, but the motherboard manual doesn't
really help me

Can someone give me the steps to putting winXP on a brand new system
with a SATA drive as the master (put together through buying separate
part, motherboard etc)?

What boot disk do I need?
Can XP be installed using a win98 boot disk?
If I could have the step-by-step, if is isn't too much trouble, that
would greatly help.
 
Connect the SATA drive to the primary SATA port. Boot to the BIOS
setup program and set the boot order so that the optical drive is
before the SATA HD.

(wording varies from machine to machine. You'll
likely see drive make/model numbers as indicators)

Save the settings.

Reboot with the XP CD in the tray, and follow the prompts. XP cannot be
installed from a DOS (16-bit) boot disk environment.
 
The mother board should have come with a driver CD...on it are the SATA
drivers that need to be extracted to a floppy since XP will only search for
them on a floppy.Restart the system with the XP Cd in place...when the
Installation starts watch for the message about 3rd party/SCCSI drivers and
to push F6 to search for them...at that point place the floppy in....XP will
search the floppy for the SATA drivers and install them.....you just need to
point XP to that drive when you format the drive and install XP onto it.
And FYI...by using a EIDE cable with 2 connections your friend can have the
Optical Drive and a HD use the same IDE connection...one as the master the
other as the slave.
peter
 
I have tried that, and it jumps over the optical drive for some reason.
Even with the CD in the drive, it doesn't seem to do anything.
 
Just to add, depending on how the board implements SATA you
may need to install drivers specific to your board during the XP setup.

(see peter's post for details)
 
David D said:
It isn't really for me. A friend bought a motherboard that only has 1
IDE cable - and he is using it for the Optical Drive so therefore he
had to ditch his IDE harddrive for now and use the SATA as a master..
I am not completely computer dumb, but the motherboard manual doesn't
really help me

Can someone give me the steps to putting winXP on a brand new system
with a SATA drive as the master (put together through buying separate
part, motherboard etc)?

What boot disk do I need?
Can XP be installed using a win98 boot disk?
If I could have the step-by-step, if is isn't too much trouble, that
would greatly help.
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Bill Blanton said:
Connect the SATA drive to the primary SATA port. Boot to the BIOS
setup program and set the boot order so that the optical drive is
before the SATA HD.

(wording varies from machine to machine. You'll
likely see drive make/model numbers as indicators)

Save the settings.

Reboot with the XP CD in the tray, and follow the prompts. XP cannot be
installed from a DOS (16-bit) boot disk environment.
Click to expand...


David D said:
I have tried that, and it jumps over the optical drive for some reason.
Even with the CD in the drive, it doesn't seem to do anything.
Click to expand...


peter said:
The mother board should have come with a driver CD...on it are the SATA
drivers that need to be extracted to a floppy since XP will only search
for
them on a floppy.Restart the system with the XP Cd in place...when the
Installation starts watch for the message about 3rd party/SCCSI drivers
and
to push F6 to search for them...at that point place the floppy in....XP
will
search the floppy for the SATA drivers and install them.....you just need
to
point XP to that drive when you format the drive and install XP onto it.
And FYI...by using a EIDE cable with 2 connections your friend can have
the
Optical Drive and a HD use the same IDE connection...one as the master the
other as the slave.
peter
Click to expand...


David:
As I think you now understand from the responses you've so far received...

1. There are no Master/Slave designations for a SATA HDD. A SATA HDD will be
connected to one of the motherboard's SATA connectors. Since you (and your
friend) want to use this SATA HDD as a boot drive, make sure you connect it
to the SATA 0 (or SATA 1) connector, the "first" SATA connector, OK? And
you'll make sure the power/data cable connections to the HDD and the
motherboard & power supply are proper & secure, right?

2. We won't go into the fact why your friend had to "ditch his IDE
harddrive" because his motherboard is equipped with only a single IDE
connector. That just ain't so but since it's "water over the dam" we won't
pursue that aspect any further.

3. You've got to explain what you mean when you say that after you insert
the XP installation CD and presumably start the boot process to that CD in
order to install the XP OS onto your SATA HDD "it (the CD, right?) jumps
over the optical drive". Could you clarify that?

4. It's conceivable, as peter points out, that an auxiliary SATA controller
driver *may* be necessary for the XP OS to recognize the SATA HDD. It
depends upon the motherboard. As DL stated, you simply must consult the
motherboard's manual. BTW, what make/model is it?

5. And the system was working fine with your friend's PATA HDD installed
before this SATA HDD problem, right? Booted up and functioned just fine,
right?
Anna
 
I have tried that, and it jumps over the optical drive for some reason.
Even with the CD in the drive, it doesn't seem to do anything.
Click to expand...

There may be a screen during the boot process that says "Press F12" or
some other key, to activate the boot menu. If everything was right
you shouldn't need to but everything might not be right and you'll
need to go to the boot menu.
 
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