Well, I installed my SATA hard drive as "Third IDE Master", Ultra DMA-5,... The bios setup utility shows everything seems to be OK. Now, I need to install Windows XP Professional. My SATA hard disk is brand new (80 Gb).
From what I understand, Windows XP will take care of the formatting, partitionning of the hard disk, etc,... during the installation process.
My computer boots from the Windows XP CD disk but, after I answered the question to Accept the Licensing Agreement by pressing F8, my screen showing the licensing agreement text stays fixed staring at me and not showing any progress with the installation. I can browse through the agreement text or cancel it with ESC key, but, pressing F8 (I agree) does not move on anywhere...
I did notice some activity with the hard drive light from time to time. I waited for hours and the installation process did not show any sign of progress. I had to cancel it by pressing ESC key.
Anyone with that problem before?
I guess if my drive was faulty, I would get an error message... I did recall when booting to receive the following message "No drive attached to FastTrack controller, the bios is not installed".
I updated my bios to the latest version for ASUS P40800-E Deluxe, and the problem still persists. Any idea?
Thanks.