Replcing SATA adapter 1

[unixfreak]

Hi,

I want to replace the SATA adapter in my XP but need to install the drivers first. How do I do that? The CD that came with the adapter can only install a driver diskette.

Can this be done without a re-install?

Thanks!

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[BadBigBen]

sorry, but this seems strange at best... I've never seen a SATA card/controller that needed to have the drivers installed first before it is physically installed on the mainboard...

you plug it in, power on the system, let windows load and find it and ask for the drivers, this is when you insert the CD and have it look on that CD for the drivers... and yes they are usually on the CD along with the FLOPPY Driver creation program...

which card are we talking about anyway?

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[tlcscousin]

You could build the floppy disk files in a folder and copy the relevant inf and dll's to the system32 folder.You could also use nlite and include the drivers for the new card in the disk setup and try a repair install using the nlit'd disk.I am assuming the computer did not have native sata support and the existing card has failed and now not able to see the drives.

 

[unixfreak]

Hi,

I don't at all see how this is a strange request?

BadBigBen: It will always need to have the drivers loaded first, that's why you have to hit F6 during installation and load the drivers.

Windows obviously cannot load before the drivers are installed?! NTLDR just resets the computer as it cannot read the disk.

tlcscousin: Thanks, I heard rumours it has to go in the registry as well?

Background: I installed an Adaptec 2410SA a while ago which Windows couldn't install on until I hit F6 and added the drivers during install. Unfortunately this card has a conflict with USB mice so when I got an Adaptec 1420SA for my server and it tested to work with the USB mice we had, I decided to put that in the Windows desktop and the 2410SA in the server.

Only thing is the drivers for the two cards are different and just swapping them Windows can't boot because it doesn't have the drivers. That's kinda what drivers do?

So, I can't be bothered to re-install once again, either live with corded PS/2 mice or install the driver on the running Windows system first, if possible. Or of course if I could resolve the adapter and mouse conflict that would be better but Google reveals nowt.

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[BadBigBen]

UnixFreak,

NOW it is clear, in what you are attempting to do, which it was not with the original post...

1. PLUG in the OLD controller along side of the NEW controller, boot from the OLD as you would normally do...

Windows should detect the NEW controller and ask for drivers, now install the drivers... power down the PC, take out the OLD controller and hook up the drives to the new one... BOOT and it should work from there on...

2. if the OLD controller can not be used as per 1., then hook everything up to the NEW controller, and do a REPAIR INSTALL, using F6 to supply the drivers...

a REPAIR INSTALL, or INPLACE UPGRADE INSTALL, will only reset the OS, but will leave DATA and installed programs untouched... this means that you have to UPDATE the OS thereafter as all HOTFIXES and UPDATES are lost...

How to Perform a Windows XP Repair Install

http://michaelstevenstech.com/XPrepairinstall.htm

there is a way around to the F6, in that you create a slipstreamed XP install CD using a tool called nLite, with nLite you can add DRIVERS and HotFixes/Updates...

nLite

http://www.nliteos.com/

3. another possibility would be to create an Image of the BOOT DRIVE, inject the driver, and then reimage the drive...

see:

http://www.symantec.com/connect/downloads/sata-ich9-drivers-windows-xp-driver-injection-script

but that would be the MOST troublesome way of going about it... and it would require in-depth knowledge on the registry and how to work with drivers... (basically NOT RECOMMENDED when one does not know what one is doing).



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How to ask a question, when posting them to a professional forum.
Only ask questions with yes/no answers if you want "yes" or "no"

 

[goombawaho]

Wow!!! If THAT is what the OP was talking about in the first post, I would never have gathered that from his post. This is a prime example showing why you need to take some time (10 minutes) to write, read and edit your post for clarity before submitting. Kill us with system details and what you have tried.

People are just blasting off posts with one or two sentences to describe a complex problem. Garbage in/garbage out. My answer from now on will be to euthanize the computer when there are confusing/skimpy posts. Not picking on this poster specifically because we see this quite often.

I load on the details when I post - OS, hardware, symptoms, what I've tried, what I've read, etc.

 

[unixfreak]

Thanks

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