On Nov 23, 5:13 pm, "Jack R" <jackr_nos...@msn.com> wrote:
> > Really what I'm looking for in this post is a reply by an experienced
> > installer who says: "been there, done that, it could be X,Y,Z...and
> > good luck". Morale support more than anything.
>
>
>
> Two things...
> Are you hitting 'F6' during the install and loading the SATA drivers?
> If not, this may be why Vista doesn't see your drive.
> 2nd, try Ubuntu for a downloadable, bootable Linux distro:http://www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu/download
> You can run it from the CD, or install.
> IHTH,
> Jack R
Jack,
Tx. I'm downloading Ubuntu now, but it's gonna take 2 hours.
THis problem is, as I researched your suggestion more, a problem with
SATA drives. See a suggestion here:
http://weblogs.asp.net/jkey/archive/...28/423901.aspx
But it 's gonna cost me at least a day...I'll report back any progress
made.
My latest thinking: try installing Windows2000 again but load the
driver for SATA Hitachi HD (if I can find it--it wasn't on the CD the
seller gave me).
See below.
Actually my latest thinking is that I have a spare IDE drive, and
since this is just a gift, I'll unload the SATA drives, which causes
real pain, and install an IDE drive. Maybe I'll use the Hitachi SATA
drive for another system.
RL
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INSTALLING WIN XP ON SATA DRIVE
YOU NEED TO LOAD 3RD PARTY DRIVERS WHEN INSTALLING XP FROM CD WATCH
CLOSE WHEN INSTALL START FOR "PRESS F6 FOR 3RD PARY DRIVERS" IT WILL
THEN KEEP LOADING WINDOWS AWHILE THEN STOP AND ASK FOR A FLOPPY WITH
YOU SATA/SCSI DRIVERS ON IT. YOU MAY HAVE TO SLAVE A FLOPPY IN JUST
FOR THIS OPERATION. YOU CAN USUALLY GET THESE DRIVERS OFF YOU
MOTHERBOARD DRIVERS CD OR THE MOTHERBOARD MANUFACTURES WEBSITE. I RUN
INTO THIS PROBLEM ON ABOUT 20-40% OF SATA DRIVES WHEN I NEED TO
INSTALL XP. GOOD LUCK