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setting up my new PC - Boot drive problems
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Author:  Apocalypse [ Tue Sep 11, 2007 9:38 pm ]
Post subject:  setting up my new PC - Boot drive problems
k, i've finished with the hardware but cant get past installing software.


I'm trying to install windows XP on my new SATA hard drive.

But i keep getting a boot drive error.
Code:
0x0000007B INACCESSIBLE_BOOT_DEVICE 0x7B


also, the manual for my MB says i need to install an OS before i can install a sata drive :| (but how can i install an OS if i cant use the hard drive?)

What am i missing here??




Can i plug my PATA (IDE) hard drive from this computer(the one i'm typing this on) into my new MB??
in the IDE slot for the CD/DVD/5.5" Drive? :?
and skip installing an OS system?




I'm hoping there's some noob mistake i'm making.... :( :?


ideas?




specs
http://forum.gamecommunity.co.uk:8080/v ... 34&start=0

BIOS is set up to boot from CD, hard drive is 2nd on the list, floppy drive is disabled.
Author:  Chips=GCHQ= [ Tue Sep 11, 2007 9:44 pm ]
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Can you not install drivers from the disk that comes with the mobo? This is what I did in order to be able to install onto my sata drive.

Alternatively, into bios, see if it can find the device there - if so, check that your cd/dvd drive is higher in boot priority and so booting from disc first (windows disc) which can then install to the hdd if it's recognised ;)
I may be wrong, but something to do whilst waiting for others :D
Author:  Skrunk =GCHQ= [ Tue Sep 11, 2007 9:53 pm ]
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was jus reading the how to build a corsair pc thing and it said
Quote:
installing SATA drivers during the Windows setup

which leads me to believe you may need a sata driver on a floppy to install it b4 windows...........iI dunno tho jus saw it and thought of you
Author:  Skrunk =GCHQ= [ Tue Sep 11, 2007 10:09 pm ]
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any floppys come woth your mobo? theyre probs sata drivers
Author:  Apocalypse [ Tue Sep 11, 2007 10:14 pm ]
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got a CD, not a floppy.
reckon its a driver problem
Author:  Caspius=GCHQ= [ Tue Sep 11, 2007 10:33 pm ]
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CD drives not a USB one is it?
Author:  Apocalypse [ Tue Sep 11, 2007 10:35 pm ]
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nope,
my mate reckons its just the drivers. i'll give it a go and get bacl to ye :)
Author:  GeneralPublic=GCHQ= [ Tue Sep 11, 2007 11:18 pm ]
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If it's XP, you can only install the SATA drivers from a floppy :)

You need to get them on a diskette, boot from the CD and press F6 when prompted (message appears at the bottom of the screen as the windows setup begins)

You may be able to change your SATA controller out of Native mode in teh BIOS, it will use the inbuilt Windows IDE drivers instead
Author:  Apocalypse [ Tue Sep 11, 2007 11:21 pm ]
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it would appear i did not get any SATA drivers with my mobo :?
Any ideas where to get them?


i'll try changing it to IDE.
Author:  GeneralPublic=GCHQ= [ Tue Sep 11, 2007 11:31 pm ]
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http://dlsvr01.asus.com/pub/ASUS/misc/u ... kedisk.zip possibly
Author:  Sleeper Service=GCHQ= [ Tue Sep 11, 2007 11:59 pm ]
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dont forget f6
Author:  Tjolbi=GCHQ= [ Wed Sep 12, 2007 12:11 am ]
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me and my fathers computer both have sata hdd's and we never had any trouble installing windows on them :? is it brand specific then? with some brands the xp drivers work, with others they don't?
Author:  Caspius=GCHQ= [ Wed Sep 12, 2007 12:56 am ]
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Is the SATA configuration to Autodetect in the bios?
Author:  SodaBoy [ Wed Sep 12, 2007 1:06 am ]
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are you sure you plugged in everything as it should be? if its a new mobo no reason whatsover that it wouldn't recognise a sata drive. check the bios 5 times if need be. also can you be more specific as to your hardware specs?
Author:  [QBS]Dr.Strangelove [ Wed Sep 12, 2007 2:07 am ]
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sound advice above :roll:

as you instal XP you have to press f6 to read from Mr Floppy

i have install the 2nd one first
and then the first one

Dr.Strangelove - probably making no sense whatsoever :arrow:
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