XP Corrupt on 160GB SATA HDD, need help plz.

SMlFFY · 25 Oct 2006 at 20:46

Hi, thanks for looking at this thread guys,

My windows XP install on my SATA HDD has become corrupt. When I put the XP CD in to repair the install it says it cannot find a HDD (premsumably because its a SATA HDD and not an IDE HDD).

What can be done to prevent me from doing a new install.

Durzel · 25 Oct 2006 at 20:52

Press F6 and install the SATA drivers for the controller.

SMlFFY · 26 Oct 2006 at 00:27

Durzel said:
Press F6 and install the SATA drivers for the controller.

Thanks for that, done

Still got problems with XP booting up. Would I be able to reinstall XP on the same drive without losing any of my games/pictures/ work files etc etc.....?

SMlFFY · 28 Oct 2006 at 18:35

Chris Tomki · 29 Oct 2006 at 00:17

borrow or use an old hdd put windows on it and drag your stuff across. also sometimes if you use another drive windows will repair the errors on the secondary drive. but then again your hard drive could be broken

Android · 29 Oct 2006 at 17:30

This is one of the many good reasons why one should use partitions.

The simplest option is to boot into a Pre-Installer (CD or DVD) (SuperWin PE 2005 ownZ) and then backup all your important files onto cd/dvd or external USB/firewire HD.

SMlFFY · 29 Oct 2006 at 23:11

OK what ive done now is Partition my HDD into two. 30GB for XP and 120 for data and games.