Installing sata drive on xp

Showing results for. Search instead for. Did you mean:. Last reply by LehighBri Unsolved. I consulted Dell's site and found an article on how to do this easily with a floppy drive.

However, my did not come with a floppy drive. Furthermore, there is not a floppy driver controller on the motherboard except maybe via usb. I can't imagine that I would be the only one with this problems, since SATA is standard on the s and so is not having a floppy drive. All forum topics Previous Topic Next Topic. Replies There are workarounds. The simplest workaround for me is to temporarily install a Floppy Drive they are dirt cheap now long enough to complete the installation.

A: Windows XP and Windows do not natively include drivers for SATA controllers add-in or on-board , so you must install them during the installation of the operating system. The system, motherboard, or controller manufacturer usually supplies these drivers, either on a driver CD or downloadable from their web site. To install the SATA controller drivers you first need to copy the appropriate drivers onto a diskette controller drivers can be loaded from diskette only.

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Archived Forums. Sign in to vote. Thursday, November 22, PM. You need the software and information from the manufacturer, which is Dell. Sunday, November 25, PM. Friday, November 23, PM. Thank you for answering me, Rick. Many thanks in advance, if you can. We don't have the motherboard disc, I'm afraid, and that is where the file is supposed to be, apparently.

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Previous Next Sort by votes. Apr 13, 6 0 1, 0. Hey guys, I have an old nforce chipset i on an msi p6n sli mobo and am having issues installing and getting to the desktop of Windows XP 32 bit I do not have an ahci setting in bios. Basically the first issue was that I couldn't get past the reboot when windows copied the files over until I installed drivers through msi using nlite.

Once I installed the drivers it can go through the process of loading and installing and when it reboots it goes to the windows flag then bluescreens super fast, so fast I can't see the error. I did happen to see other blue screens during the install process: one was irq not less than or equal other was a stop that was a bunch of 0's ending with like 7b or 7c. I am pretty sure it has something to do with the chipset or the controller of the drive.

I have tried multiple drives with the same issue. This is a fresh install I am about to throw in the towel and give up but I figured this would be my last resort I have tried special drivers from fernando and his nforce4 with the same issues. Are there any other settings I should be trying to find in bios?