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Can't install XP on SATA drive
I guess I don't communicate clearly enough, Dave. To install the SATA driver, I followed the exact process you describe in your reply, only I said "entered the latest driver when called for in Setup." In fact, the driver itself (si 3112) was recognized by Setup, as shown by the disk label in...- zinman
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- Forum: PC hardware - Hard drive issues
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Can't install XP on SATA drive
I'll try disabling SCSI, although XP identifies the drive as SCSI, and other users with similar problems have had to use SCSI for a successful SATA installation. Re installing the SATA driver, I said in my post that I "entered the SI website's latest driver when called for in Setup."- zinman
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- Forum: PC hardware - Hard drive issues
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Can't install XP on SATA drive
I recently installed a SATA drive with a SIIG SATA controller on my A7V133 mobo and have been using the drive a few weeks for backup files. Now I want to use it as my boot drive, but Win XP Setup can't detect it. Before booting from the XP CD, I enabled SCSI in BIOS, set SCSI as second in boot...- zinman
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