Due to virus i reformatted but cant install xp on sata drive. My OS is 98 1st edition+ME then XP UPgrade +SP2&3 on top of that so its a right endurance. So i always kept a norton ghost backup. about 2 yr ago my E-machines MOBO died so i got a PCCHIPS 745 M860. Later i bought a seagate Barracuda 7200.10 sata i cloned the old HDD over and everthing was fine. So a few weks ago I got infected and couldnt get back up and running again on my sata and i didnt have old IDE HDD. I resorted to getting a copy of Linux Mint which got me up and running so thers no hardware problem at all. My problem seems to be getting xp and the bios to recognise my sata during installation. ive read all about txt.setup.oem and cant get my head around it all but i'm well prepared to have a go, ive had error messages about file causing exception at d:/ blah code (018). i've tried slipstreaming with nlite but a bit unsure if im doing it right. ive clicked on properties on scsi and sata drive and copied these drivers to floppy but need to know how to direct windows to them. the things i dont understand are do i need MOBO drivers installed during F6 or is it Seagate drivers. is it raid drivers/scsi or sata drivers. does the xp F6 screen mean only floppy when it refers to A:/ drive or can it be d:/... If i copied the CD txt.setup oem file up to this page could someone tell me how to edit it. please help as this borrowed HD goes back to its lender on monday and I may have to resort to Linux or a 8G hardrive OS Name Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition Version 5.1.2600 Service Pack 3 Build 2600 OS Manufacturer Microsoft Corporation System Name CRAIG-GHN4KOX0V System Manufacturer PCCHIPS System Model M860 System Type X86-based PC Processor x86 Family 15 Model 12 Stepping 0 AuthenticAMD ~1599 Mhz BIOS Version/Date American Megatrends Inc. 080011, 04/11/2004 SMBIOS Version 2.3 Windows Directory C:\WINDOWS System Directory C:\WINDOWS\system32 Boot Device \Device\HarddiskVolume2 Locale United States ?????????/ Hardware Abstraction Layer Version = "5.1.2600.5512 (xpsp.080413-2111)" User Name CRAIG-GHN4KOX0V\craig phillips Time Zone GMT Standard Time Total Physical Memory 1,536.00 MB Available Physical Memory 860.79 MB Total Virtual Memory 2.00 GB Available Virtual Memory 1.96 GB Page File Space 3.35 GB Page File C:\pagefile.sys
