GTA3Freak-2001 Posted July 16, 2007 Share Posted July 16, 2007 Just got a new PC and I am trying to install windows, now I believe the problem lies with me having a SATA HDD and that I assume needs to have SATA drivers to work. I don't have a floppy drive so I can't do it the way my mobo's manual suggests. Now I've tried nlite to recreate my XP disc with the drivers off the mobo's driver CD but the resulting install disc won't start the Windows Installatin. Its a Asrock AM2V890-VSTA, any help would be great! Oh and just to make sure, having a 64bit CPU doesn't mean I have to have a 64bit version of XP right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andibomb Posted July 16, 2007 Share Posted July 16, 2007 Aye, you don't need 64bit windows for a 64bit cpu. I think it's worth retrying the slipstreaming drivers method. There are hundreds of tutorials on the net. Make sure you did everything right. Failing that you could always buy or borrow a floppy drive and temporarily attach it, they cost about £1.99 or similar over here, won't exactly break the bank. I'd say this would be the best solution, there must be a floppy drive lying around your house or in an old computer you could temporarily butcher. Other than this I don't think there is any (easy) way to do it. Unless you have an IDE drive you can install windows on using the SATA drives as slaves which can be installed after windows. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GTA3Freak-2001 Posted July 16, 2007 Author Share Posted July 16, 2007 Yeah I am assuming I am doing something wrong with intergrating the SATA drivers, I've sought help on the nlite forums so hopefully I'll get some help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fozzy Fozborne Posted July 16, 2007 Share Posted July 16, 2007 Most SATA drives today don't need drivers, Windows XP comes with them. When I built my brother's computer the first time, and when I reformatted my computer, it just loaded XP no problem with no drivers. Both of these systems use SATA drives. What most people have to use floppy disks for when installing XP is RAID, not the drives themselves. What exact problem are you having installing it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GTA3Freak-2001 Posted July 16, 2007 Author Share Posted July 16, 2007 I've been reading and it depends on the motherboard and also I guess what version of Windows, the problem was Windows couldn't detect the HDD and came up with possible reasons including hints at the SATA issue. Not to mention the BIOS can't detect the drive either. Its all sorted now as I managed to slipstream my Windows XP disc with the drivers. I was doing it incorrectly as it happens. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJDeez Posted July 16, 2007 Share Posted July 16, 2007 I had the same problem. When windows installation is loading, at some point it asks you to press a certain button if you want to install windows on a SATA disc, if you do so it will read the drivers you copied from your mobo disc to a floppy and install windows. And 64 bit cpu has nothing to do with 64 bit os, that's right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GTA3Freak-2001 Posted July 17, 2007 Author Share Posted July 17, 2007 Yeah I was a bit worried that it might of been something to do with the version of Windows but yes it turned out it was the SATA drives and also that I was doing something wrong in my slipstreaming of XP with the drivers using nlite so I've managed to slipstream XP with the drivers and Windows didn't complain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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