installing XP with SATA

[dongle]

Hello

I wish to reinstall xp sp2 from a legal CD to my PC either from scratch or as a dual boot system My existing OS was installed by the supplier from which I bought the PC
I have tried this several times however I have failed because I think I have a VIA SATA RAID Controller attached which allows my two SCSI discs to operate on the system.

When I try to instal I appear to need drivers for the VIA SATA RAID contoller.

I have a floppy disc with these drivers on it however when I try to install them I come to a halt and cannot continue.
What is the easiest way to do this.
There must be thousands of OS systems installed in this way but I cannot seem to find the most effective method.

 

[vacunita]

I have tried this several times however I have failed because I think I have a VIA SATA RAID Controller attached which allows my two SCSI discs to operate on the system.

This is not possible, if you have a VIA [red]SATA[/red] RAID controller that would allow SATA drivers to connect.

If you had SCSI RAID controller then t owould allow SCSI drives.

I have a floppy disc with these drivers on it however when I try to install them I come to a halt and cannot continue.

What kind of halt? do you get an error? How are you attempting to load the drivers?

When you install XP do you press f6 to get the screen to supply 3rd party drivers?



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[BadBigBen]

As vacunita said, we need a bit more info...

e.g. manufacturer of the PC, motherboard etc. all that can be helpful...

Possible causes why it does not accept your floppy with the drivers:

1. external USB Floppy not compatible...
2. wrong drivers on the floppy, e.g. AHCI drivers or RAID Driver etc...


also take a look into the BIOS, some motherboards allow the SATA controller to operate in Legacy or IDE mode, and then you will not need drivers on a floppy...

Ben

"If it works don't fix it! If it doesn't use a sledgehammer..."

 

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