Installing WinXP Pro with SP2 on a SATA HD

[AnYeLuZ]

Hello i´m in a big trouble here i have this equipment:

MotherBoard Abit AB9 Intel® P965
CPU Intel CORE 2 DUO 2.13 Ghz 6400 Socket 775
HD Seagate SATA 2 320 GB 7200 rpm 16 MB Buffer
RAM Kingston DDR2 1.0GB 667 Mhz KVR667D2N5/1G
PowerColor ATI Radeon X1650 PRO 512MB DDR3 PCI-Exp

I try to install Windows XP Professional with service pack 2 on this PC, the motherboard came with the drivers for the SATA so i just try to install the XP the common way, pressing F6 on the beginning of the installation. After pressing it, it looks as if the floppy is reading the disk and then stops, then it continues at the bottom of the screen loading all the stuff for the installation and then a black screen appears for a few seconds.... and then!!! a blue screen of system error appears, indicating that windows had to be shooted down, it also said that you have to check your disks with CHKDSK bla bla bla. So, does anyone has any idea of what can i do??? I had surfed all over the web for the answer but it looks like i´m the first one with this problem. So please, i need help

 

[NickCat11]

Anyeluz,

What's the system error you are getting when the computer blue screens?

Nick

 

[AnYeLuZ]

Hi, this is the error that appears.

 

[NickCat11]

Anyeluz,

Here is a link you can look at that may help solve your problem. When I get off of work today, I will take a closer look into it for you.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/324103

Nick

 

[linney]

See if your Bios settings are correct, and that your Floppy is not corrupted, badly formatted, etc., perhaps your files have to be unzipped before being copied to the floppy?

Setup did not find any hard disk drives installed in your system

http://www.techspot.com/vb/showthread.php?s=0851b86842e61bcd419f746017eafafd&t=18329&page=2

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http://cruftbox.com/blog/archives/000867.html

 

[dglienna]

You need a SATA driver on diskette. Press F6 while it's starting up, and then install Windows.

-David
2006 & 2007 Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP)
2006 Dell Certified System Professional (CSP)

 

[wolluf]

I'd suspect you have a hardware problem/incompatibility with XP - but definitely worth creating a new SATA driver disk - get the latest from motherboard/SATA manufacturer site - may be later than the one's provided with the motherbaord.

 

[BadBigBen]

Check the BIOS setting for the SATA drive, ie. if the SATA is set to RAID set it to AHCI, or if it is set to AHCI set it to NORMAL...



Ben

"If it works don't fix it! If it doesn't use a sledgehammer..."

 

[oldergeek]

BadBigBen has the right idea. I had the problem because my SATA BIOS setting was to RAID. I think I changed it to IDE and it worked ok then. Good Luck.