Topic: Installing windows XP..

[*<JO>*Alpha]

So I'm trying to reformat my PC, and by doing this I'm supposed to reinstall Windows XP etc..

So I boot it up using the CD, and I have a choice.

1) Install Windows XP
2) Repair Windows XP
3) Quit

I try doing 1) and I get this message..

Setup did not find any hard disk drives installed in your computer. Make sure any hard drive disk drives are powered on and properly connected to your computer, and that any disk-related hardware configuration is correct. This may involve running a manufacturer-supplied diagnostic or setup program. Set up cannot continue. To quit setup, press F3

So I'm told it's because I have a SATA harddisk and I need to find a driver to put on a floppy disk which I can install when it prompts me to hit F6.. I went into the BIOS menu and saw that this is the official name for it.

SCI-O : Nvidia Stripe 465.77G

I can't find the driver for it! I went on the Nvidia website and got nothing.. Can anyone help me locate it/locate it for me please?

[*<JO>*PannTher]

http://vip.asus.com/forum/view.aspx?id=20070313094405486&board_id=1&model=P5N-E+SLI&page=1&SLanguage=en-us

Maybe the driver:
http://www.xevolution.ro/en/download/download/Drivers/MSI/Motherboards/download-nVidia+SATA+RAID+driver++winXP/1604/

PannTher

[*<JO>*Kor' Keel]

see in bios if you have AHCI or raid enabled. windowsXP install doesn't like those. Normally it would give blue screen but not always.

[*<JO>*Alpha]

Master Pann, the link doesn't work for the download.. Do you have any others? I tried but I only found "platinum" and "premium".. I have no idea what they are!

Master Kor, could you explain what I'm doing by disabling those?

[*<JO>*Kor' Keel]

raid : commonly used to have failsafe/backup hardrive. for eample raid1, you use two or more hard drives to store your data, all of the hard drives have the exact same data, so if one of those hard drives fail, you won't lose any data because the other one still works. so if you don't use RAID, you can turn it off

AHCI: never really looked into that one, but http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ahci .

"The Advanced Host Controller Interface (AHCI) is a hardware mechanism that allows software to communicate with Serial ATA (SATA) devices (such as host bus adapters) that are designed to offer features not offered by Parallel ATA (PATA) controllers, such as hot-plugging and native command queuing. "

Sounds like if enabled you have these fancy new features that XP will not probably even support, but when disabled, it's just an ordinary hard drive :[

My friend had this same problem and disabling ahci worked for him. after the xp install he just turned it back on.

[*<JO>*Alpha]

So where do I disable this? I couldn't find it in BIOS.

[Ewie]

Look on the hard drive manufacturers website and look up the model you have they should have the proper drivers for it.

[*<JO>*Alpha]

I went on the nVidia website, couldn't find it :\

[*<JO>*Alpha]

I disabled RAID, and then when I was prompted to "press any key to bood from CD" I did it. Then nothing happened :S Normally the blue XP screen came up and setup processes began but this time nope, nothing.

I didnt see anything to do with AHCI in there either.

[Jcranjel]

delete your system32 folder jhenny






















LOL J/K ROFL
and i'm pretty sure nvidia only makes video cards sir

[*<JO>*Angel]

What are your drives formatted? FAT? NTFS ?
Also try putting your CDDRIVE / DVDRIVE as first bootable device (in the BIOS menu at Bootsequence or summat).
If that doesnt work, remove your harddisk and put it back in, connect it and restart.. maybe something went wrong.. :/