Installing Win XP SP2 on a SATA HD?

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Hey,

I have an Abit NF7-S motherboard with on-board SATA controller and the latest BIOS update. Tomorrow I'll get my new SATA HD, and it will replace my old IDE drive. I want to install Windows onto it, but I read somewhere that it's not so straightforward with a SATA drive as the Windows installation program won't recognize the drive (or the SATA controller).

Is this true? If so, what should I do? Thought I'd ask today to minimize my frustration tomorrow.

[BipolarBill]

The motherboard came with a floppy with the SATA drivers on it. Boot from the XP CD and press F6 when you see the on-screen prompt. Insert the floppy when prompted and follow directions.

It's not that hard.

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Thanks, I had completely forgotten about that floppy disk! I don't know what prompt you are referring to but I'll probably know it when I see it.

[BipolarBill]

It looks like this:

http://www.duxcw.com/digest/Howto/mb...-333/raid6.htm

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Aha, now I remember! It's been quite a while since I last installed XP