etjohnson81 Posted August 24, 2006 Share Posted August 24, 2006 Ok, so I spend 2500 on an HP laptop, go to install XP Pro and realize that I have no floppy drive to F6 the SATA controller drivers. Even worse, I realize I have no floppy on my desktop which I have owned for a year now and cant unzip the files from HP that require a floppy to install.Calling HP was no help, they told me to live without the SATA support and turn it off in the BIOS. Anyways, does anyone know how I can maybe add these to an XP CD or load them from a flash drive?Thanks againTravis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T D Posted August 25, 2006 Share Posted August 25, 2006 Integrate Them!!(I think this also allows you to use $OEM$ folders)http://unattended.msfn.org/unattended.xp/view/web/36/It requires reburning, modding and stuff but shouldn't be a problem if you are making an unattended disc. If you're not, you'll need halfanhour and a cd-rw. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vci Posted August 26, 2006 Share Posted August 26, 2006 http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showtopic=81169download these drivers: http://forum.driverpacks.net/viewtopic.php?id=175lookup your SATA controller on the HP websiteONLY add that specific driver to your CD via nlite (TEXTMODE!)If it doesn't work - make sure OEMPREINSTALL=NoAdditionally it could help to delete the HP Recovery partition (if any) and to revert the BIOS back to default settings - otherwise I had some problems with missing files during setup (curious!) or it won't boot from CD ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
*John* Posted September 1, 2006 Share Posted September 1, 2006 Sorry to bump this, but i'm having the exact same problem I have recently bought a HP laptop, and I refuse to live with the default OEM Windows XP Home edition install....yuck So I put in my Windows XP Pro SP2 CD and..... Hard Drive not detected I really cant be fussed with making a fresh Windows XP Pro SP2 CD with integrated SATA drivers, so I was wondering if I could do something like this:1) Turn off SATA in the BIOS (There's a clear option for it - "For legacy systems" its says)2) Install Windows XP Pro SP23) Install *THIS*4) Turn SATA back on in the BIOSWould this work? Or once i've turned SATA off in the BIOS, does it really have to stay off?Any/all help very much appreciated! John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thauzar Posted September 1, 2006 Share Posted September 1, 2006 the two posts above yours have the answer to your question you should have read Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
*John* Posted September 1, 2006 Share Posted September 1, 2006 the two posts above yours have the answer to your question you should have read I did, and they dont!If you read my post, I said i'm NOT looking to integrate drivers or anything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ctrl-X Posted September 1, 2006 Share Posted September 1, 2006 I really cant be fussed with making a fresh Windows XP Pro SP2 CD with integrated SATA drivers, so I was wondering if I could do something like this:1) Turn off SATA in the BIOS (There's a clear option for it - "For legacy systems" its says)2) Install Windows XP Pro SP23) Install *THIS*4) Turn SATA back on in the BIOSOnce you've done that, you'll probably get a NO_ACCESSIBLE_BOOT_DEVICE error. I don't even think you'll be able to install the Intel SATA driver and application with SATA disabled in the BIOS... It will probably say it can't find a SATA controller and abort. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colinbate Posted September 1, 2006 Share Posted September 1, 2006 You could try an external usb floppy drive dont know if this would be available whilst runing setup though.RegardsColin Bate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
*John* Posted September 1, 2006 Share Posted September 1, 2006 (edited) I really cant be fussed with making a fresh Windows XP Pro SP2 CD with integrated SATA drivers, so I was wondering if I could do something like this:1) Turn off SATA in the BIOS (There's a clear option for it - "For legacy systems" its says)2) Install Windows XP Pro SP23) Install *THIS*4) Turn SATA back on in the BIOSOnce you've done that, you'll probably get a NO_ACCESSIBLE_BOOT_DEVICE error. I don't even think you'll be able to install the Intel SATA driver and application with SATA disabled in the BIOS... It will probably say it can't find a SATA controller and abort.Ah ok. I tell you what, i'll give it a go, and post the results here. John You could try an external usb floppy drive dont know if this would be available whilst runing setup though.RegardsColin BateI was thinking about this, but AFAIK, the Windows XP installer wont detect USB devices Edited September 1, 2006 by *John* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vci Posted September 2, 2006 Share Posted September 2, 2006 there is nothing against driver integration ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bilemke Posted September 4, 2006 Share Posted September 4, 2006 I was thinking about this, but AFAIK, the Windows XP installer wont detect USB devices Actually, yes it will.. Some things it can detect and see as drives.. Some USB floppy drives with the right motherboard and bios combination.. Not to get to specific, but I cant say it will work with all motherboard and drive combinations. I know for a fact it does work though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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