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| Thread ID: 73313 | 2006-10-15 02:21:00 | XP pro install problems | LOWTEC (7821) | Press F1 |
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| 491568 | 2006-10-15 02:21:00 | Im trying to install XP Pro onto my SATA hdd. i have made a 60gb partition for windows to be on and the other 130 has about 100gb of misc data on it so dont want to delete both partitions and start from scratch if possible. My problem is that the setup program says that windows cant be installed on this partition and i need to make a new 1, so i deleted the 60gb partition and let windows make one only for it to come up with the same error again? have I originally partitioned my hdd wrong? or so i have to load drivers as i have read elsewhere to install XP onto a SATA drive? hope that makes some form of sense any help would be great cheerz |
LOWTEC (7821) | ||
| 491569 | 2006-10-15 09:25:00 | You only need drivers for XP install to see the sata drive so that it can format and install in the first place. As yours is being detected - then you don't need them. It was only older motherboards without proper sata BIOS support. I would be rescuing the data from the other partition fast, any way you can, sounds awfully like thedrive may need a complete fresh format and new partitions, or even a test to see if its ok. |
pctek (84) | ||
| 491570 | 2006-10-15 11:19:00 | i agree, copy the data to somewhere safe, like a mates hdd (or a work one lol :thumbs:). then completely reformat. i dont know about the integrity of the drive, but get it checked if you want to be sure. i always thought that windows needed a clean drive, but now it only occured to me that i've never tried it otherwise so i cant be of much further help |
motorbyclist (188) | ||
| 491571 | 2006-10-16 00:34:00 | thanks for that i assumed i would probably have to do this but just thought i would check i wasnt missing anything first. now to find 100gb of free space! | LOWTEC (7821) | ||
| 491572 | 2006-10-16 03:08:00 | :D | pcuser42 (130) | ||
| 491573 | 2006-10-16 05:45:00 | gah still no luck i have deleted everything so essentially now im just trying to install XP onto a blank SATA hdd. is there something im missing? its running at RAID 0 and shows up fine as an unpartitioned hdd but when in the setup screen and press enter on it it says windows cant be installed onto this partition please create another and when you let windows create another it says the same thing again? why does nothing ever go smooth for me when modifying computers?!! any1 got any ideas? |
LOWTEC (7821) | ||
| 491574 | 2006-10-16 05:48:00 | Dont u need 2 hdd's for RAID0? The same brand and size? Havent u only got 1 SATA? I would disable RAID in the BIOS. I dont think RAID is intended for just 1 hdd even if its partitioned. I would chuck the XP cd in delete all partitions, create the spare partition, then the main one, then install XP on whatever partition. |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 491575 | 2006-10-16 05:58:00 | sorry should of stated my system specs running 1 200gb IDE hdd and then two seagate 200gb sata hdd at RAID 0 but should I not be using RAID at all? | LOWTEC (7821) | ||
| 491576 | 2006-10-16 06:08:00 | Does the mobo support anything else BUT RAID0? I wouldnt really bother with RAID0. Since if the main hdd crashes so does the other. Only good thing maybe an increase in speed. Does the mobo support IDE and SATA RAID/RAID0 combined? I thought the hdd had to be SATA or IDE (both of them had to be SATA or IDE). |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 491577 | 2006-10-16 06:45:00 | for raid the hdds should be identical as i understand it... disable it and see if it works perhaps | motorbyclist (188) | ||
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