Installing windows xp on sata

I have a msi K9N6PGM2-V board and would like to install windows xp on a sata hard drive but not sure how to.
please help........

in what way do you imagine its any different
just be sure that the sata is only drive in box at time of install
as windows will write mbr to an ide first

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  • How to install Windows on a SATA boot drive

    Here is how to install Windows XP on a SATA boot drive.  This procedure was first developed by syar2003 and has been used by many iusers ncluding myself.   Although it was originally developed for Neo2 mb's and Windows XP Pro, it has general applicability to systems as well.
    1.  Have only the SATA drive you want to be the boot drive active in your system.  Disconnect the power to all other HDD's if any.
    2.  Have only one optical drive active. Disconnect the power to the other opticals if any. (Best to have a burner optical as master on IDE1.)
    3.  Plug SATA drive into SATA 1 on the mb.  (it may show us as an IDE drive somewhere down the list in BIOS.  That's okl)
    4.  Enable appropriate SATA options in BIOS.  Set boot order to floppy, cd, SATA drive.  Set boot priority to SATA drive.
    5.  Partition and format the SATA HDD using the utilites CD that came with the SATA drive.  (If you don't have an HDD utilities disk, download one from the website of your HDD manufacturer.)
    6.  Run Windows  setup.  No need to load drivers at the F6 promt unless you are planning to do a RAID configuration.
    7.  Windows XP should install without incident.
    8.  After you are up and running, plug the power back into your other HDD and optical drives if any.
    If you have a board older than the K8 series, it may be necessary to load the SATA drivers at the F6 prompt.  If the above procedure does not work, than try it again loading the SATA drivers.
    If this procedure does not work for you, it is likely that your particular SATA HDD has some compatablity problem with Windows setup and/or your motherboard.  The solution to this is to try another SATA drive.  In general, most failures using this procedure have been traced to certain WD, Seagate and Hitachi SATA drivers of smaller capacities.  Fewer problems seem to have occured with Maxtor HDD's.

    Kaplan, from an earlier post of mine regarding sata2 hdds - I have them plugged into the sata1&2 ports, installed the nvidia raid first and then installed winxp (in both raid 0 and raid 1).  My bios is 3.1 and its a known problem that bios 3.3 & 3.4 have nvidia raid problems but seems to be fixed in the beta bios 3.53:
    I just purchased 2 hitachi deskstar sata2 80gb hdds ($60 each at zzf) and the interesting thing about them is that you have to "enable" sata2.  I have been testing the performance of sata1, sata2, raid1 and raid0 and the results are below.   
    The drives themselves are factory default set at sata1. Since I purchased OEM, no software or instructions were included.  I had to go to the hitachi website download section to download a dos based program (the features program) to enable sata2.  After enabling the hdds to sata2, they were recognized in winxp in the nforce ADMA controller device driver and the screen reads with the primary channel as Serial ATA Generation 2 - 3G...and all 4 boxes below it are checked (the boxes enable bios select xfer mode, enable read caching, enable write caching and enable command queuing are checked).  An interesting thing about the sata2 spec is that all sata2 hdds must come standard with NCQ...its not advertised on these 80 gb hdds on the hitachi website (unlike the larger hitachi sata2 hdds) but its a standard sata2 spec and these 80gb hitachi hdds are recoginized in winxp as sata2.
    The other interesting feature about the hitachi sata2 hdds is setting them up to operate in an adjustable "performance" to "silence" mode.  The hdds are default set at high perfromance but you can manually lower the performance to increase the silence of the hdds which is fully adjustable to your liking.  I tested the highest silence/lowest performance setting and you cannot hear the hard drive at all. 
    Testing - I tested the 2 hitachi sata2 deskstars with the first result in sata1 mode, the second in sata2 mode, the third in raid1 mode and the fourth in raid0 mode.
    First, a significant increase in raid0 over sata1, sata2 and raid1 with sequential reads and writes (PC Wizard).
    Write: 28mb/s vs 29mb/s vs 27mb/s vs 53mb/s
    Read: 45mb/s vs 46mb/s vs 43mb/s vs 83mb/s
    Second, significant increase in sata 2, raid 1 & raid 0 over sata1 with buffered reads and writes (PC Wizard).
    Write: 104mb/s vs 176mb/s vs 165mb/s vs 266mb/s
    Read: 123mb/s vs 200mb/s vs 200mb/s vs 293mb/s
    Third, significant increase in sata 2, raid 1 & raid 0 over sata1 with burst reads (HD Tach).
    Burst Read: 133mb/s vs 225mb/s vs 219mb/s vs 334 mb/s
    It is interesting to note that raid1 is better than sata1 but marginally slower in all tests over sata2.  Raid0 is significantly faster on all tests.   

  • Equium P200-1ED Installing Windows XP Problem - SATA Drivers

    I have just bought a Toshiba Equium P200-1ED laptop with Vista installed and want to install my copy of Windows XP Pro. This is the latest disc with SP2 included.
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    These are the steps taken by us to remove Vista from our Toshiba laptop and replace it with XP Home. There may be inconsistencies in our methods and we may not have all of the exact drivers installed, but everything appears to work OK for us.
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    Also, backup any files that you may have placed on the hard drive as you will lose the lot including any emails and address books and web favourites etc.
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    Some we could not find, for example the Wireless network adapter, however this was no problem as once we had installed XP and connected to the web via the Ethernet cable to our Router we were able to run 'Update Driver' for each item missing.
    Go to 'Device Manager' via 'Control Panel' then 'System' then 'Hardware'. Then look for any yellow question marks for any problems. Right click and run 'Update Driver' for the hardware update wizard and allow the PC to look on the web 'this time only'.
    The ones we did this way were: Wireless adapter, Audio adapter.
    Unfortunately an original XP SP2 CD does not contain the required drivers for this laptop. Therefore when you boot the CD it will, after a few minutes of installing files, say that you have a hardware problem as there are no drives present.
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    Web page
    http://downloadcenter.intel.com/Detail_Desc.aspx?agr=N&ProductID=816&DwnldID=14528 &strOSs=45&OSFullName=Windows* XP Home Edition&lang=eng
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    Intel graphics driver: Mobile Intel(R) 965 Express Chipset
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    Web page
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    Download 'NLite' from: http://www.nliteos.com/download.html
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    Now place your XP install disc in your CD drive, if it autoruns, exit it.
    Then run Nlite and follow on screen instructions.
    The program will ask where your XP disc is then it will ask where you want to save the copy.
    On the 'Task selection' screen select 'Drivers' and 'Bootable ISO'. then press 'Next'.
    Now select 'Insert' then 'Multiple Driver folder' and go and find your downloaded SATA driver files. Now select 'All' and 'OK. The program will list the available SATA drivers. Only select the two that mention 'ICH8M'. Now press 'Next'. The screen will show the selected drivers. Press 'Next' again and then 'Yes' to the prompt, and then 'Next' when done
    You are now presented with the 'Bootable ISO' screen.
    Put a new burnable CD in your CD writer, wait for it to be recognised and exit any window that might pop up to allow you to install files
    Now, in Nlite, under 'Mode' select 'Direct Burn'
    Under 'Label' enter something like ' XP for Toshiba Equium A200' to identify the disc.
    Leave Advanced settings alone and now add in the other required drivers by clicking explore and copying them to the root directory of the temporary XP directory on your hard disc. It might be best to create a 'Drivers' folder in the root directory to make them easy to find later.
    Now click the 'Burn' button. Now follow the rest of the instructions to complete.
    You have now created an XP install disc which contains your required SATA drivers.
    -As you can tell, this is quite convuluted but avoids you having to buy a USB floppy drive and it provides a neat solution.
    Hasta La Vista!!
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    Firstly, re-boot your laptop and while booting press F12 to change the boot order so that the DVD/CD ROM is first. Alternatively use F2 and then change the Boot order from there.
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    The XP CD will now start copying files and eventually will display an options screen
    Select to install Windows.
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    You will have to follow lots of warning prompts to delete the partitions.
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    Don't worry that the graphics are a bit chunky as once Windows has finished installing you can run the graphics driver you copied to the the XP CD to correct this.
    Run the three driver files:
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    infinst_autol.exe Intel chipset software installation utility'
    setup.exe Marvell Yukon Ethernet Driver
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    Now go and have a drink to celebrate!

  • Installing Windows XP on SATA Hard Drive

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  • Equium P200-1IR Installing Windows XP Problem - SATA Drivers

    Good day,
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    Regards
    kazeem

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    Danny you don't have to stay out, I just already said stuff and you told me to do something i already said i did.
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  • Cannot install windows on sata raid (kt6)

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  • How to install Windows XP on a single SATA drive?

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    Ok. I've set a jumper between Pins 5-6, still same problem. Not detecting the SATA drive. Bluescreen Error information following.
    A problem has been detected and windows has been shut down to prevent damage to your computer.
    If this is the first time you've seen this stop error screen, restart your computer. If this screen appears again, follow these steps:
    Check to be sure you have adequate disk space. If a driver is identified in the stop message, disable the driver or check with the manufacturer for driver updates. Try changing video adapters.
    Check with your hardware vendor for any BIOS updates. Disable BIOS Memory Options such as caching or shadowing. If you need to use safe mode to remove or disable components, restart your computer, press F8 to select advanced startup options, and then select safe mode.
    Technical Information:
    *** STOP: 0x0000008E (0xC0000005, 0xF77C0C13, 0xF739A7E4, 0x00000000)
    *** setupdd.sys - Address F77C0C13 base at F7794000, DateStamp 41107c8f
    <end error message> Hope that helps because simply putting a jumper on the HDD hasn't made it detect. I can say that the SATA Hard Drive does not detect on POST. The screen after POST that I am used to seeing, "raid utility", from my Asus A7N8X-E Deluxe is not there. I do believe I will check the other setting now. I was hoping that just the jumper would have fixed the issue. Trying the suggestion made after yours.
    ******** EDIT Please note I am editing this post after rechecking the computers BIOS ********
    YES! I get the option to TAB into the VIA Tech VT8237 SATA RAID BIOS Ver 4.50
    It shows the hard drive there and there is a RED Flashing Warning that says:
    NOTICE:
    The number of disks is not adequate to create a RAID!!!
    Since I am not seeking to create a RAID array, this should work. I'm going to give it one more pass through in an attempt to install windows. I do believe now I don't need the driver from the disk? 
    ******** 2nd EDIT again editing after trying an install ********
    Still same exact Bluescreen and Error Code 
    Any thoughts?

  • Need help I can't install windows 7 to my SATA HD

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  • Installing Windows XP sp2 on SATA - KM4M-V

    Hi,
    Hope some one can help me:
    My Set Up:
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    Amd Atholon XP 2800+ 333mhz FSB
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    Thirdly
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    So when I try to install windows xp SP2 (Slip Streamed CD) on to the sata drive (Unplugged the IDE HDD) I prerss f6 and use the Floopy that comes with it. When its ready during loading it asks what driver to use - 2003 / XP / 2000 / NT 4
    So Select WINXP and it then goes to Windows Starting up and then says it can't find any mass storage. Press f3 to quit.
    Tried updating the drivers on the floppy and that doesn't work
    Any Ideas guys.
    Hope I have included enough info.
    TIA
    Kev

    Guys,
    OK Worked out my first problem I was using a Windows XP sp2 CD Created with nLite, and I think it had the raid drivers removed and thus wouldn't see the SATA Drive, well using a normal XP SP1 CD Its sees it.
    So thats sorted
    Cheers For your Help,
    Ok Not to the NExt Problem.
    IDE Drives,
    I have a new ROund IDE Cable withteh Long part + Blue Connector in the MoBo and the Other two (Closer together) in the Drives
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