New Build with XP: Do i need additional SATA drivers? (F6 when installing windows)

Chiz · 18 Oct 2009 at 15:02

Hello,

The pc i currently have requires me to load additional SATA drivers when installing Windows XP (Please press F6 to load SATA drivers.....) This is an old pc, probably over 5 years old.

Now, i'm planning on a new build and i'm wondering if this is going to be the case again?

Cheers!

Chiz · 19 Oct 2009 at 09:15

AMD Phenom II X2 Dual Core 550 3.10GHz Black Edition (Socket AM3)

Asus M4A77TD Pro AMD 770 (Socket AM3) PCI-Express DDR3 Motherboard

Samsung SpinPoint F3 1TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (HD103SJ) [HD103SJ]

quite a popular setup i believe so i'm sure someone has experienced a new build with this.

Cheers.

Chiz · 19 Oct 2009 at 13:36

... good idea.

Chiz · 19 Oct 2009 at 14:52

I didn't really have money to include 7 into my build but i think i might as well since i'd be planning on it sooner rather than later.

It just means i'll have brand new components sitting around for like 2-3 days, and when i get new parts i just can't wait to test them out lol.

Chiz · 20 Oct 2009 at 09:05

You installed SATA drivers after the Windows installation?

If that was the case, how did Windows detect the drives during installation? i can't comment on the future build as i don't know but my old build doesn't even recognise any drives unless i load them from a floppy.

(Do you have the same motherboard as above?)

Chiz · 22 Oct 2009 at 12:56

Update - This was fine. Bios detected it straight away and XP installation had no issues at all. SUCCESS!