SATA drive install with ASUS A7N8X Deluxe

Hi Folks
Managed to install SATA drive. Formated and partitioned from Win XP. Problem occurs when installing fresh Win XP OS on to the SATA drive. Install process only recognises existing Win XP on PATA drive.

Do I need to install SATA drivers from floppy and then using F6 to install third party during the install process. If so, how and which files to copy on to floppy disk. Is the actual SATA drivers from ASUS website (Silicon Image Serial ATA driver version V1.0.0.22) the one to use?

Your help is much appreciated
Brosnan

Get the Chipset drivers... i don't know about that specific chipset, but I know that when I downloaded VIA chipset drivers there was a folder (do not run Setup.exe in the root or any of those) DriverDisk.. and it had a file makedisk.exe .
what it does it creates a disk with special windows setup file that windows setup searches for to locate the available drivers.
Hope this helps,
m.

Managed to install the Win XP with the SATA drivers installed during the set up (F6, drivers on Floppy). Ended up having a multiboot of Win XP. One from the IDE drive, the other on SATA. Here is the problem. When I disable/removed the IDE HDD from the computer, the OS refused to load. You get the POST messages, then an error occured due to an IDE HDD not available. Therefore, I am unable to BOOT from the SATA drive.

The main reason I bought a SATA drive was to part from my old IDE drive and free up the motherboard. Well, I having no such luck. Anyone, please help.

you got the right file now extract all the files from the original download to a folder in lets say my documents or whereever you can find em then copy all extracted files except the "gui" folder to a floppy thats all u need and do the f6 thing too good luck.

The problem now is your boot.ini file. When you installed with your old drive in the computer the numbering of the drives was different than it is when you do not have this drive. You will need to boot to something which can read the ntfs file system on the new drive and use a text editor to change the boot.ini file so the drive lettering is correct. An alternative is to repair in stall or reinstall XP which should likewise result in a properly configured boot.ini.