XP not installing with newest SATA controller

[monoxide]

ok i made a xp pro unattended and when i go to install it on my pc it says it can not detect any hard drives. i have a sata hard drive from dell. does any one know why i cant install it. my friend installed it on his pc using his serial and it worked fine. im thinking maybe i deleted some thing i shouldnt have. any ideas one what i need to fix on the disk to make it install?

[IcemanND]

how is your SATA controller configured in the BIOS? There is likely a setting for native so that it will be seen by the os natively as opposed to having to add SATA controller drivers. Or you need to add the SATA drivers to your UA cd so that they are available in text mode.

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[monoxide]

where can i get the sata drivers from?

[IcemanND]

Dell, or the chipset manufacturer. What model Dell?

[Incroyable HULK]

I think the same as IcemanND... you'll have to add some driver for the latest Intel SATA Controller (ICH7 or ICH8)

Otherwise it is a configuration issue in the BIOS (try using legacy setting for your hard drive)

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I took care of it!

[monoxide]

i have a dimension 8400

[IcemanND]

Download the SATA controller drivers from Intel. Check the unattended guide here http://unattended.msfn.org/ for instructions on integrating them into you UACD.

[monoxide]

ok ill check it out.

[VCC]

Are you using the DriverPacks?

Maybe you'll want to consider this. I'm suprised no one else mentioned this.

Check out my signature for location of these. Together with the PowerPacker, it may help.

It's really easy to add unsupported drivers in the DriverPacks too.

[monoxide]

i added the driver packs. ill try it later and see if it works.