SATA RAID Dilemma

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smackedass

Hello,

I am attempting to install Windows XP Professional onto a 76 GB SATA hard
drive. The tower contains another 76 GB SATA hard drive, which was
configured as a RAID mirror.

The installation begins, however, when I get to the point where it says
"Starting Windows", the next screen says (to the effect of) "Cannot find a
hard drive to install". So, I broke the mirror, but still am getting the
same message.

The mobo is a Biostar M7NCD Ultra, and its ports that connect the SATA
cables are labeled JSATA1 and JSATA2.

To make matters more difficult, the SATA drives don't even show up in the
BIOS, in the boot sequence, or anywhere else. However, SATA is enabled in
the BIOS.

And, there's nothing about this in the Microsoft Knowledge Base. And, at
the Maxtor (now Seagate) site, when I went to search the model of the hard
drives, which is 6Y080M0, nothing was found.

I'm thinking that maybe if I disconnect the second SATA drive, Drive 1, it
might make a difference. I'm also thinking that it might make a difference
if I upgrade the BIOS.

I did a quick Google search, but I don't even know how to phrase my dilemma
into the form of a question.

Help. Please. Am hopefully, shamelessly ignorant about what my next move
should be.

Any requests are appreciated.

Thanks, in advance,

smackedass
 
smackedass said:
Hello,

I am attempting to install Windows XP Professional onto a 76 GB SATA hard
drive. The tower contains another 76 GB SATA hard drive, which was
configured as a RAID mirror.

The installation begins, however, when I get to the point where it says
"Starting Windows", the next screen says (to the effect of) "Cannot find a
hard drive to install". So, I broke the mirror, but still am getting the
same message.
Click to expand...

F6 when prompted & insert the SATA driver floppy disk
 
Unfortunately, the links from Pen and GlowingBlueMist show drivers that are
like 6MB, and 12MB...this is one of those instances where I think, why do
these people have to make things so complicated...

sa
 
smackedass said:
Unfortunately, the links from Pen and GlowingBlueMist show drivers that are
like 6MB, and 12MB...this is one of those instances where I think, why do
these people have to make things so complicated...

sa
Click to expand...

When you unzip the package the "F6" drivers should be included. You must
copy them to a floppy. The rest is probably utilities, etc.

....kurt
 
smackedass said:
Hello,

I am attempting to install Windows XP Professional onto a 76 GB SATA hard
drive. The tower contains another 76 GB SATA hard drive, which was
configured as a RAID mirror.

The installation begins, however, when I get to the point where it says
"Starting Windows", the next screen says (to the effect of) "Cannot find a
hard drive to install". So, I broke the mirror, but still am getting the
same message.
Click to expand...

You'll get 7 years bad luck now too!
 
Unfortunately, the links from Pen and GlowingBlueMist show drivers that are
like 6MB, and 12MB...this is one of those instances where I think, why do
these people have to make things so complicated...

sa
Click to expand...

The floppy from GlowingBlueMist's link is only 300K, but the
larger package has more you can take or leave. Better to
have more than not enough.
 
Hello,

I am attempting to install Windows XP Professional onto a 76 GB SATA hard
drive. The tower contains another 76 GB SATA hard drive, which was
configured as a RAID mirror.

The installation begins, however, when I get to the point where it says
"Starting Windows", the next screen says (to the effect of) "Cannot find a
hard drive to install". So, I broke the mirror, but still am getting the
same message.

The mobo is a Biostar M7NCD Ultra, and its ports that connect the SATA
cables are labeled JSATA1 and JSATA2.

To make matters more difficult, the SATA drives don't even show up in the
BIOS, in the boot sequence, or anywhere else. However, SATA is enabled in
the BIOS.
Click to expand...

You should resolve this first. If the BIOS cannot detect the drive, it
won't be able to boot Windows or any other operating system from it.
 
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