Sata and IDE

[PV5150]

Hi mate, try these settings in the 'Integrated peripherals' section of your BIOS.

You should use:

Your SATA HDD needs to be on the SER1 plug on your motherboard

Native Mode

SATA Only

PATA Keep Enabled: Yes (this is to allow you to use the PATA drive as well)

PATA Channel Selection: Both

SATA as RAID: No(if any)

This should get your SATA drive motoring anyway, and you can the adjust where it gets picked up via the detection order in your BIOS. How do you have your IDE's set up? Have you already installed your OS onto the 200 Gig SATA? Are you going to use an image backup utility to transfer data across? I have been down exactly the same road as you mate, if you want any tips lemme know.

 

[balilu]

yeah because some Hard drive manufacturers like maxtor have the drivers on a disc for it and you boot off that disc before you do the windows install

not really the driver you use when you press F6 isn't of the HDD but of the chipset/sata controller.

I have maxtor myself and i have never been told to insert the driver when it was connected on SATA 1 & 2 but on 3 & 4 which are on a diffrent controller asked for the driver ( i think ).

 

[SnoMan]

just awoke, yes both cd drives are deteced in bios, both of my hd are WD, and no there is no os on the 200gb sata, and yes os is on my 160gb ide, thats what im usin and when i go to try and get 200gb to work i unplug the 160 all together

 

[balilu]

well now does this mean that your pc wont boot from the cd or the setup doesn't find the hdd? if your pc won't boot from the cd try booting from the cd without the hdds and see if it works if not then you should to a bios updating. if it's the hdd not being dedected int the windows setup than tyou need to install the driver through a floppy.

 

[SnoMan]

my gf's xp cd was no good apparently so i used her 2000pro and it workd, except now i get to the screen that says this wizard will now help u connect ot a network, then u hit next and it ask u for a username and password and only after a couple of sec's it flashes the BSOD and restarts and it restarts to fast to see what the BSOD says

 

[balilu]

ok so this means that the hdd is right and also the cd roms. now it maybe that even this cd is bad or maybe windows 2000 isn't compatible with your system. i don't know