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!

BigRazer93 · 18 Oct 2009 at 15:06

Nope shouldn't be, but if your doing a raid, you will need to.

Memphis · 18 Oct 2009 at 15:48

Entirely depends on hardware specification.

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.

bledd · 19 Oct 2009 at 12:00

on newer machines, you can usually pick 'sata mode : ide/ahci/RAID' in the bios

ahci is the best to use (unless using raid), and needs a driver.

I use this.

http://driverpacks.net/

download the 'base' from applications and 'mass storage' from driver packs

that'll install all the drivers you need into the xp disc.

why not upgrade to Windows 7?

Chiz · 19 Oct 2009 at 13:36

... good idea.

ETNiES · 19 Oct 2009 at 14:48

Go with windows7 :>

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.

bledd · 19 Oct 2009 at 14:59

windows 7 enterprise trial

google that, there's a free trial of 7 you could use for now

use 64bit

worthingsaxovtr · 19 Oct 2009 at 17:22

when I did mine using a sata drive on XP and no raid,

went to the motherboard forum to find out exactly and only had to install sata drivers of the cd after installing windows

everything else was automatic

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?)

~>Dg<~ · 20 Oct 2009 at 09:46

should be fine as long as no raid configurations are involved

bledd · 20 Oct 2009 at 09:54

Chiz said:
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?)

Some earlier motherboards NEEDED the driver to install, not all behave the same way

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!