I have a strange XP install problem.
I'm trying to install XP clean on a new SATA drive. The drive is good as I have tested it in another system. I'm installing XP from CD. Early in the install process I press F6 and am prompted to install the SATA drivers (VIA VT8237 SATA RAID) from floppy. This goes fine. I then select a new XP install and am promoted to partition the now identified drive. I do this - 3 partitions of a 250 gig drive with 15 gig allocated to the intended XP directory (C
. Once I have done this, I am prompted to continue with the XP install and press 'enter' but get a message that the drive is not formatted or there is an error on it. The install then aborts. It doesn't seems to matter whether I select a quick format or full.
I am stumped - the only thing I can think is that I have installed the wrong SATA drivers (I can't track down the mobo driver disk - A8V Deluxe) but I am pretty sure that I have the correct Via drivers. I also have a Promise RAID controller on the board but am not using it. Any ideas?
I'm trying to install XP clean on a new SATA drive. The drive is good as I have tested it in another system. I'm installing XP from CD. Early in the install process I press F6 and am prompted to install the SATA drivers (VIA VT8237 SATA RAID) from floppy. This goes fine. I then select a new XP install and am promoted to partition the now identified drive. I do this - 3 partitions of a 250 gig drive with 15 gig allocated to the intended XP directory (C
. Once I have done this, I am prompted to continue with the XP install and press 'enter' but get a message that the drive is not formatted or there is an error on it. The install then aborts. It doesn't seems to matter whether I select a quick format or full. I am stumped - the only thing I can think is that I have installed the wrong SATA drivers (I can't track down the mobo driver disk - A8V Deluxe) but I am pretty sure that I have the correct Via drivers. I also have a Promise RAID controller on the board but am not using it. Any ideas?