Installing XP Pro SP2 : SATA

HEADRAT · 17 May 2007 at 11:30

Hi,

Quick dumb question here, if I'm installing XP Pro (SP2) do I still need to provide SATA drivers?

Thanks

HEADRAT

Will_3rd · 17 May 2007 at 11:35

nope, iirc SATA support was included as standard with SP1

HEADRAT · 17 May 2007 at 11:38

That's what I though, so why is it that when I try an install a fresh version of XP on a freshly formatted HD that after the reboot I get "Error loading operatiting system" :confused:

Will_3rd · 17 May 2007 at 11:46

not sure, hardware problem?

HEADRAT · 17 May 2007 at 11:49

Well the same machines works fine and I installed Vista on it about 30 minutes agao :confused:

rpstewart · 17 May 2007 at 11:52

Will_3rd said:
nope, iirc SATA support was included as standard with SP1

SATA support is not provided per se by any version of XP.

If the SATA controller is configured in Legacy / IDE emulation mode in the BIOS then you can install any OS without drivers. Any other mode or any form of RAID and then you need drivers.

HEADRAT said:
That's what I though, so why is it that when I try an install a fresh version of XP on a freshly formatted HD that after the reboot I get "Error loading operatiting system"

If you've got that far then the install has found the disk and done the initial part of the install. What you're seeing there is a BIOS boot priority issue.

HEADRAT · 17 May 2007 at 11:55

Well the BIOS know to boot from the first SATA device so I'm not sure what else I can do!

I'm not using RAID, just a single SATA1 Raptor.

HEADRAT · 17 May 2007 at 11:56

Solved it, changed the settings on the HD from "AUTO" to "LARGE" it now works, don't you just love computers sometimes :rolleyes:

HEADRAT