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    Can't install XP on SATA drive

    I guess I don't communicate clearly enough, Dave. To install the SATA driver, I followed the exact process you describe in your reply, only I said "entered the latest driver when called for in Setup." In fact, the driver itself (si 3112) was recognized by Setup, as shown by the disk label in...
  2. zinman

    Can't install XP on SATA drive

    I'll try disabling SCSI, although XP identifies the drive as SCSI, and other users with similar problems have had to use SCSI for a successful SATA installation. Re installing the SATA driver, I said in my post that I "entered the SI website's latest driver when called for in Setup."
  3. zinman

    Can't install XP on SATA drive

    I recently installed a SATA drive with a SIIG SATA controller on my A7V133 mobo and have been using the drive a few weeks for backup files. Now I want to use it as my boot drive, but Win XP Setup can't detect it. Before booting from the XP CD, I enabled SCSI in BIOS, set SCSI as second in boot...
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