Reply to thread

Message

<blockquote data-quote="pegial" data-source="post: 499668" data-attributes="member: 20154">Hi.&nbsp; One question... ¿have you installed/upgrade the chipset drivers? It's the most cause of problems with SATA HDD's....&nbsp; In the motherboard BIOS, the best option for SATA HDD's it's set SATA mode to AHCI (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advanced_Host_Controller_Interface" target="_blank">Advanced Host Controller Interface - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia</a>), but in WINDOWS XP isn't supported.&nbsp; If you have installed WINDOWS VISTA or WINDOWS 7, the AHCI mode is fully supported. For use AHCI in WINDOWS XP, there is a way....&nbsp; 1.- In the MOTHERBOARD CD DRIVERS there are a drivers for add AHCI support on WINDOWS XP. This diver is installed in a floppy disc and when you start the WINDOWS XP installation, you can see in the bottom line a option &quot;Press F6 if you need to install a third party SCSI or RAID driver&quot;. You must be press F6 and windows installation read from floppy disc the driver, and then your WINDOWS XP is fully AHCI support.&nbsp;&nbsp; If you don't have floppy disc drive, try this option... <a href="http://news.softpedia.com/news/Install-Windows-XP-On-SATA-Without-a-Floppy-F6-47807.shtml" target="_blank">Install Windows XP on SATA without a Floppy (F6) - No Floppy...no Windows on SATA? Wrong! - Softpedia</a> &nbsp; 2.- The most UNNATENDED WINDOWS XP installation discs they have SATA support. Is the most easy way to install WINDOWS XP with AHCI support, but if your motherboard is very new, your SATA drivers it can`t work.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="pegial, post: 499668, member: 20154"] Hi. One question... ¿have you installed/upgrade the chipset drivers? It's the most cause of problems with SATA HDD's.... In the motherboard BIOS, the best option for SATA HDD's it's set SATA mode to AHCI ([url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advanced_Host_Controller_Interface]Advanced Host Controller Interface - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia[/url]), but in WINDOWS XP isn't supported. If you have installed WINDOWS VISTA or WINDOWS 7, the AHCI mode is fully supported. For use AHCI in WINDOWS XP, there is a way.... 1.- In the MOTHERBOARD CD DRIVERS there are a drivers for add AHCI support on WINDOWS XP. This diver is installed in a floppy disc and when you start the WINDOWS XP installation, you can see in the bottom line a option "Press F6 if you need to install a third party SCSI or RAID driver". You must be press F6 and windows installation read from floppy disc the driver, and then your WINDOWS XP is fully AHCI support. If you don't have floppy disc drive, try this option... [url=http://news.softpedia.com/news/Install-Windows-XP-On-SATA-Without-a-Floppy-F6-47807.shtml]Install Windows XP on SATA without a Floppy (F6) - No Floppy...no Windows on SATA? Wrong! - Softpedia[/url] 2.- The most UNNATENDED WINDOWS XP installation discs they have SATA support. Is the most easy way to install WINDOWS XP with AHCI support, but if your motherboard is very new, your SATA drivers it can`t work. [/QUOTE]

Verification