Would like to install XP on empty SATA HDD

[Abe Simpson]

Hi guys:

I killdisked the HDD on my new Aspire 7720Z to get rid of Vista, but now I can't install WinXP because it doesn't recognize the SATA HDD.

I have tried to make an F6 floppy from Intel storage manager, but my old computer does not have the right chipset to complete the job.

Is there a place from which I can simply download the SATA drivers to put on a floppy, so I can F6 them during the XP install?

I would even settle for Win98SE but it won't initialize because it doesn't recognize my RAM.

I've been fooling with this for weeks now and I am becoming frustrated:-(

Abe

[PC_LOAD_LETTER]

ok the way i see it you have 4 options:

1. throw away that Acer and buy something from a manufacturer with a working downloads site (as of this post its not working)

2. wait patiently for acer to fix their downloads site and hope they have a txtsetup.oem (floppy) driver available for XP

3. find the exact type of mass storage controller and locate the txtsetup.oem driver from another OEM or the manufacturer of the controller

4. download driverpack base and driverpack Mass storage from http://driverpacks.net/DriverPacks/ and integrate them into a new XP cd.

I would go with option 4 because DPMassStorage probably has a driver for your PC in it. I would be surprised if it didnt.