Installing XP on a Sata Raptor drive

starkweather · 24 Oct 2006 at 20:32

Soon I will be installing a Windows XP home edition on a 74GB SERIAL ATA RAPTOR hard drive and was wondering what drivers it is I need to put onto a floppy disk before I attempt this?

I have only installed XP successfully on a SATA drive once before and remember it was a bit of a nightmare, so I just want to be prepared before I do again.

Motherboard is a 'ASUS® M2N-SLI DELUXE' by the way.

Thank you!

rpstewart · 24 Oct 2006 at 20:35

Just make sure that the SATA port you plug the Raptor into is set up as non RAID in the BIOS. If you do that then Windows will recognise it as a normal disk and load onto it quite happily without any extra drivers.

starkweather · 24 Oct 2006 at 20:37

Does it come setup as non-raid by default do you now?

lay-z-boy · 25 Oct 2006 at 00:27

it comes setup as a sata to ide emulator so no raid etc, you can just plug the drives in and go.

starkweather · 25 Oct 2006 at 00:40

OK, thanks!

squiffy · 25 Oct 2006 at 00:43

Best if you create SP2 install disc, you won't need SATA drivers.

rpstewart · 25 Oct 2006 at 09:18

squiffy said:
Best if you create SP2 install disc, you won't need SATA drivers.

SP2 doesn't introduce any new SATA drivers, it's the fact that the BIOS on the board is set to emulate IDE which allows you to dispense with the floppy.