Help on xp installation issue to SATA hd

[jianchxu]

My computer has no floppy disk, and i only have sata harddrive installed on it.

I followed some ones suggesstion and use nlite to get around this issue. what i do is copy all the files on the original xp cd into a folder and use nlite work on it. I also downloaded DriverPack MassStorage (http://www.thesneaky.com/DriverPacks/DP_MassStorage_wnt5_x86-32_608.7z) and put it into xp installation using nlite and burned it into a CD. The XP still complains that it cannot find hard disk.

I tried many ways such as using the diskpark and nlite and combine them. I even tried to modify the unattend.txt file suggested on intel website but non of them works. I already spent a whole day on it and really get frustrated. Please give me ur suggestion and hint. Thank you!!

-James

[Fernando 1]

If you don't have a RAID array, there is no need for any third party driver to get Windows XP installed onto a S-ATA hdd. XP is able to recognize all S-ATA disks without any third party driver.

You should have or create a slipstreamed XP SP2 CD and set the correct Hard Disk Boot Priority within the BIOS.

Furthermore it would be a good idea to partionate and format the S-ATA hdd you have set as first bootable hdd before you begin with the installation of the OS.

[radiohead]

beside raid mode, ahci mode also needs additional driver installed.

i have try serveral ways to intergrate sata driver, such as unattend.txt modification as you or use of winnt.sif

(http://unattended.msfn.org/unattended.xp/view/web/36/), but only end up with many useless disks.

i only succeed by using nlite.

first, get the driver you want and exact into .ini file if necessarily (execute .exe with command line -a -pc:\folder).

and use driver intergration of nlite and choose the .ini file, check txt mode not pnp.

burn it and install, that's what i do.

[jianchxu]

greate thanks to both of you.

I followed the way that radiohead describes and seems it works!

thank you.