cant install vista: problem

amorphous · 15 Feb 2008 at 11:58

keep trying and get this coming up every time

Close Windows installation and contact the device manufacturer for updated driver software for these devices:
IDE ATA/ATAPI controllers: Standard IDE/ESDI Hard Disk Controller

tried doing what it said but nothing works, any ideas?

bledd · 15 Feb 2008 at 12:08

change the sata mode in the bios and try again

amorphous · 15 Feb 2008 at 12:22

change the sata mode to what?

deuse · 15 Feb 2008 at 12:34

Make sure the sata mode is IDE in the bios(i think he means)
If your running raid then you will need drivers before it installs.

amorphous · 15 Feb 2008 at 12:43

in the bios the onboard sata/ide device and control mode are set to enabled and IDE already

and sata raid/ahci mode is disabled

any other ideas?

Pulsedriver · 15 Feb 2008 at 12:46

Can you get into advanced setup? To format the hard disk? (Within Vista setup I mean)

amorphous · 15 Feb 2008 at 12:48

Pulsedriver said:
Can you get into advanced setup? To format the hard disk?

via windows vista setup? yes i can but is there any other way as i have tonees of stuff and will take days to back it all up

Pulsedriver · 15 Feb 2008 at 13:05

I see, you are trying to install it on an existing hard drive?

That doesnt work depending on how your existing drive is formatted to (NTFS/FAT32) I remember I bought a new HD, formatted in it XP, but when I went to install Vista on it, it wouldn't detect it!

The only way around it, was to 'pretend' to install XP (get to the format stage, let it format, then restart PC and install Vista instead)

If I were you mate, try and back the stuff up and install fresh onto the drive, it's always best to install an OS on a freshly formatted drive.

Or if you don't want to back up because of time etc, buy another HD (they are cheap as chips these days) and install it on that and just copy the data over in your own time (and then sell that original drive if you wanted!)

deuse · 15 Feb 2008 at 13:05

Is this a fresh install of vista or an upgrade from XP?

amorphous · 15 Feb 2008 at 13:13

deuse said:
Is this a fresh install of vista or an upgrade from XP?

tis an upgrade from XP

might go out and pick up a hard drive sod backing up all the guff i have (can never have enough anyway)

deuse · 15 Feb 2008 at 13:36

Thats your problem mate.
Put the new vista divers on a floopy and get vista to load them.
there is an option for this.

Also have you got just one partion i.e c:

amorphous · 15 Feb 2008 at 13:48

where can i get new drivers from?

yep just one partition

deuse · 15 Feb 2008 at 14:26

My bad dude.
Just saw your mobo. I have a P35 DS4 and Vista installs no probs.

In the bios were the IDE/SATA options are, are the first top 3 options disabled?
I cant restart mine to look(soz) you dont need drivers unless you have raid.

So my guess is one of the options in the bios is wrong.
You could load default settings in the bios and try that(not the optimize ones)

amorphous · 15 Feb 2008 at 14:49

ill try that but i seem to remember that they are all disabled but ill check and get back to you

amorphous · 15 Feb 2008 at 17:01

just the two sata options are disabled and then it goes onto usb settings, both are disbabled and still no luck

deuse · 15 Feb 2008 at 19:12

The only othe thing I can think of is a bios update(unless you already have)
Have you loaded defaults in the bios?

I have googled but cant find much at all sorry.