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Post subject:  Posted: Wed Sep 12, 2007 2:07 pm |
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Yeah, was reading this and thought that might work. Either way, I got a Samsung SATA2 SpinPoint drive... never had to install SATA drivers... not sure if its because I have a Gigabyte board or that my PC thinks its an IDE drive? Either way... I doubt it makes much difference.  _________________ 
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Post subject: Posted: Wed Sep 12, 2007 2:11 pm |
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Tjolbi=GCHQ= wrote: 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? depends on the SATA controller on the mobo - XP/2003 etc don't have drivers inbuilt for most.
Some controllers you can make emulate IDE controllers, these don't need drivers, others need a driver diskette installing before you can format the drive. RAID controllers usually need a driver disk before the installer progam can see the disks.
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Post subject: Posted: Wed Sep 12, 2007 2:15 pm |
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i'm not sure how i could possibly be more specific about my specs
the DVDdrive is set to boost 1st
the hard drive is set to boost 2nd
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SATA drive is autodetected
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Post subject: Posted: Wed Sep 12, 2007 2:17 pm |
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If all else fails - you can put an IDE drive in, set that to boot second (after CD)
Install the OS onto that drive, then install the mobo drivers, these will then give access to the SATA disk.
it will be a driver problem, thats all 
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Post subject: Posted: Wed Sep 12, 2007 7:01 pm |
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thanks Gen.
quick question. Mobo only has one IDE slot.
can i hook up an IDE hard drive and a DVD drive to the same one without problems??
(replace the second DVD drive with a HD)
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Post subject: Posted: Wed Sep 12, 2007 8:03 pm |
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yes - one needs to be jumpered as master, the other slave.
If your IDE cable is labelled 0 & 1 or Master & Slave, put the HDD and CD jumpers to CS (cable select) and they will sort themselves out
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Post subject: Posted: Wed Sep 12, 2007 9:33 pm |
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internet drivers arent working
but,
I found the drivers on the CD that came with the mobo. (took some looking )
so we'll see if they work
EDIT: nope they dont work either 
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if i take the IDE hard drive from this computer(its this PCs boot drive)....and put that into the new computer with the sata hard drive.
can i skip installing an OS and just use the sata drive as a data only drive?? using this one to boot the machine.... _________________
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Post subject: Posted: Wed Sep 12, 2007 11:06 pm |
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Not without reinstalling windows, unless you are exceptionally lucky.
The windows on the IDE drive will have all the video/motherboard drivers for your old PC, the chances of getting it working with out a reload on a different mobo are quite slim...
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Post subject: Posted: Thu Sep 13, 2007 1:53 pm |
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well i got the drivers working...
but now i'm having the old "cant find file 'asms' on Windows XP CD" problem.
my lucky day
will try all the recommended fixes and let ye know if i finally get this thing working  _________________
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Post subject: Posted: Thu Sep 13, 2007 9:13 pm |
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i've done EVERYTHING you can do to try fix the problems i'm getting. nothing has worked
the only thing left is the OS. (which is 6 years old....)
So, it's looking like i'm going to have to get a new CD.
new PC is put away in the corner for now _________________
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Post subject: Posted: Thu Sep 20, 2007 12:56 am |
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new copy of windows has done the trick.
200fps CSS & oblivion on full settings ftw  _________________
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