Topic awaiting preservation: OMG Help sata :(

hi there
im a n00b at this so ill keep it short

rig:


asus a7n8x deluxe (rev2.0)
512 kingston ram ddr (400)
radeon 9800 pro
Maxtor 80 gig sata hdd (7200 rpm)
pioneer dvd-rw 105 (primary master)
msi dvd rom (secondary slave)
Lian Li PC75 USB case (400 watt psu )
iilyama 17" tft monitor (crap for cs only 60 fps :0 )


ok im trying really i am to get an os namely xp pro onto my hard drive but after it has gone through the boot process on the cd it then tells me it cant find any storage devices ????

ive used maxblast 3 to try to get it to recognise but no joy

have any of you peeps got any ideas cause its starting to really get on ma tits

thanks in advance

ukjamie

ukjamie: I'll move this up to the main forum.

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thanks

and please help me somebody

its because im british isnt it


:P

plz help me

ukjamie

If you've loaded Maxblast 3 then you need to hit a certain key to boot from a CD when your computer is going through it's startup procedures. I believe it's C. Pop the CD in and do that and see where that gets you.




[This message has been edited by synax (edited 06-30-2003).]

You did partition and format the disk right??
<edit> btw the title off the this thread is not really clear about what the subject is....(now reread this sentence) </edit>
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[This message has been edited by Rinswind 2th (edited 06-30-2003).]

XP does not have SATA drivers built in. Your motherboard should of come with a floppy disk which has the driver you need on it. When the XP installation begins (when the screen turns blue) you will be prompted to press F5 to install special drivers for SCSI, SATA etc. storage devices. Press F5, wait a moment till it asks you to insert the floppy, do so, then continue. The driver will be loaded and you can complete your XP installation as normal. If you don't have a floppy drive getting the SATA driver loaded can be tricky, i.e. you're going to need another working PC with a CD-RW and a floppy drive. Lemme know if you need help with that.



[This message has been edited by dmstiner (edited 07-01-2003).]

Ahh, didn't realize that SATA = Serial ATA.

Yeah, you will be shown a message to hit a key or combination of keys to setup a RAID or SCSI device. For me, it's Ctrl+F4...

cheers guys i got it sorted


ukjamie

Care to explain? I'd like to know anyhow.