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    install windows+sata+noFDD

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by maiden, Sep 8, 2006.

  1. maiden

    maiden Newbie

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    hi
    i need clean install winxpsp2
    but
    i have no FDD
    how i can install driver sata?

    ynx for help
     
    maiden, Sep 8, 2006
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    ccbr01 Matlab powerhouse! NBR Reviewer

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    Should the service pack 2 disc have the sata driver? When I installed sp2 on my desktop, it saw my sata drive. I would suggest booting from cd (changing bios options) and seeing where that leads you.
     
    ccbr01, Sep 8, 2006
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  3. maiden

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    all sata need a driver (your lucky - windows have driver for your sata controller).
     
    maiden, Sep 8, 2006
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    dragonesse Notebook Deity

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    i thought you only needed to install sata drivers if you were doing a raid configuration... i've installed windows on several sata machines without needing drivers..
     
    dragonesse, Sep 8, 2006
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    for sata you need to the SP2 OS install otherwise the install hangs/crashes
     
    drumfu, Sep 8, 2006
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  6. maiden

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    hey people i install win!!! xp!!!! sp2!!!!!!!!!!
    & on first step instalation ask me for driver!!!
     
    maiden, Sep 8, 2006
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  7. maiden

    maiden Newbie

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    NO sata raid! just simple hdd on 80 gb
     
    maiden, Sep 8, 2006
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  8. drumfu

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    there is an EDIT button.

    for an sata drive (whether you have one or not, i don't know), you need the SP2 version of XP otherwise the install will hang or crash.

    please read the XP install message carefully. is it asking you for a driver or asking if you want to install a driver
     
    drumfu, Sep 8, 2006
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    No, as maiden has said, SP2 is *not* always enough when installing Windows XP. You often (not always, but with many mobo's), still need a separate floppy with the SATA drivers.

    But yeah, as drumfu said, it always asks *if* you want to install a driver. That's not the same as saying you have to install a driver.

    But if you do need a Sata driver, and you don't have a floppy drive, you have to slipstream the driver onto your Windows install CD.
     
    Jalf, Sep 8, 2006
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    strikeback03 Notebook Deity

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    the motherboard I used in a desktop I built for work had a BIOS option that allowed XP SP1 to be installed without any special drivers on a SATA drive.
     
    strikeback03, Sep 8, 2006
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  11. maiden

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    fck...you dont listen me...
    i boot from win xp sp2!!!! & system says no hdd.

    topic close i go 2 ask a question on other forums
     
    maiden, Sep 9, 2006
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  12. drumfu

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    good riddance

    and

    banned permanently
     
    drumfu, Sep 9, 2006
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    spotszilla, Sep 9, 2006
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