Not sure how to explain this, but i have a Asus P5QL PRO mother board, and i want to install xp pro inc sp3 on to a sata hard drive, but i know that xp will not install onto a sata hard drive from the off, it needs drivers at F6 to proceed, but when i go to my motherboards download site, all the files seem to be in exe files, also im not sure exactly what files i would even need at F6, i was considering useing nlite to add all files to my retail xp disc, but again not sure what files i would need to add, so i was hoping someone could just look at my mother boards download site here and select OS WinXP http://support.asus.com/Download.aspx?SLanguage=en&m=P5QL+PRO&p=1&s=22 and tell me what files i need to get the sata drive useable, and what drivers to use for the chipset i have intel core duo E7300, as i think these drivers have to be installed when first installing the OS, any help would be great, cheers
How do i install XP Pro on this board.......
- Thread starter Daytrader
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you do not need additional drivers to install XP on to a sata drive. you just need to get in the bios to put it in IDE mode. check section 4.3.5 of the manual. i can't copy/paste because it won't let me (damn protection on the PDF or something 
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)Ah, i did read something about that, but will that not mean i wont be getting any speed benifit from the sata 2 hard drive then ? also, how do i install any chipset drivers for AHCI mode ? or is that not needed, or can sata drivers be installed once at desktop ? cheers
Right, have just installed a clean new xp pro on hard drive on sata port 0 and all is well, what i need to know is, if i put my old sata xp drive on any other port so i can backup some stuff on to new drive, will this be ok, i mean it wont try to boot from it will it ? cheers