The classic: Hard drive recognized in bios but not for -

[BigSlideHimself]

windows install.


So yea, I boot up the comp, the harddrive is fresh, trying to install XP. The bios sees it just fine on SATA 1, but when Windows starts up the setup, it says it doesn't see any drives.

I've had this problem before, and I always forget how I fix it. Is there som esort of driver i should get, and is it possible there's a mobo setting i could change to make it recognize.

note: windows setup doesnt' recognize a 160 GB samsung or a 250 GB Western Digital.
it's an MSI mobo,

thanks yall!

[MD-2389]

You either need SATA drivers on a floppy, or slipstream them onto an XP install disk.

[BigSlideHimself]

thanks for the response, so i should get the ones specific to my mobo?

it's strange that newer mobos wouldn't work just straight out.

I use the same xp disc and same HDs on every computer, and it always works fine, just with this particular mobo the xp setup won't see the HD.

[fliptw]

if your MOBO has more than 1 sata controller, try swtiching between them.

[BigSlideHimself]

yea i had a no go on that, thanks tho.

i'm looking for the sata drivers for my mobo now, i'm just curious if there's some generic ones i could get...

[fliptw]

if you have other machines that work with sata drives, then you already have them, else you might need to make as slipstreamed install of SP2

[BigSlideHimself]

how do i already have them? are they somewhere in a drivers folder? i dont have any diskettes or CDs for my machines. thanks for the help

[Krom]

If you don't have the floppy disks, you can always get the drivers online and slipstream them on to your XP install disk. Just find the correct drivers and you should be able to find the rest you need to get them on the XP disk on google.

[Grendel]

You also could check if your BIOS has a \"SATA Mode\" setting. \"Standard IDE\" will get you going, sounds like your setting is AHCI or RAID. What's the MB brand/model ?

[MD-2389]

If you don't have the floppy disks, you can always get the drivers online and slipstream them on to your XP install disk. Just find the correct drivers and you should be able to find the rest you need to get them on the XP disk on google.

nLite for the win.