Hey, i just got my 200gb sata seagate harddrive today and i want to do a fresh install of windows xp on it. When performing a new installation of windows from cd of windows xp or 2000, you will be prompted to push the f6 key to install additional controller drivers. Those same early sata controllers may only support sata 1. Youre trying to install windows professional 2000, server 2000, xp or. Watch carefully as the windows xp installation progresses and look carefully at the text at the bottom of each screen. Note after installing the operating system, if your system keeps rebooting automatically, refer to the following recommended solutions. The computer seems to have an ich9 sata controller, so i got the driver files from intel and put them on a floppy disk. Install windows xp on sata without a floppy f6 my nix.
Fixed bug too long delay in hdd cache flushing code. Windows xp install sata driver f6 weathersoftwaress diary. Press the f6 key when you see the message press f6 if you need to install a sata raid driver. Download a floppy sataraid driver, extract it to floppy disk and then when installing xp, you need to press f6 at the specified time to install the driver. I burned an iso of windows xp which i found here on mdl and changed the bios setting from raid to ahci. The sata controller driver can usually be found on the cd or website of the system, motherboard or sata controller card manufacturer.
Windows xp and windows 2000 do not natively include drivers for sata controllers addin or onboard, so you must install them during the installation of the operating system. Aug 26, 2011 if your win xp cd, does not support your sata controller, you will need to load drivers to uses at f6. Hi all, im trying to install windows xp to a secondary partition on my computer with windows 10 on the primary partition. Amds driver download site is incredibly confusing if youre looking for anything other than the video drivers so ive found driver downloads for their chipsets in other places. When performing a new installation from dvd of windows 7 or vista a box will prompt where do you want to install windows. Windows xp does not provide drivers for all the sata controllers, therefore, during the installation procedure, the user must insert a floppy with the drivers that came in the package along with the motherboard. Jun 03, 2008 install windows xp on sata without a floppy f6 june 3, 2008 june 4, 2008 sata hard drives have become more and more appreciated tending to substitute the ide drives due to the increasing speed they offer. As mentioned before, your sata inf file that you must point nlite to in step 11 is contained within the sp32555. If you have a system which uses a sata ahci hdd controller, also add that driver too if it is present. Insert the windows xp installation cd into the optical cddvd drive.
Drivers hp pavilion dv6565ca hd sata driver techspot forums. Install windows xp on sata without a floppy f6 my nix world. I presumed it would be the ones on the make floppy folder but they appear to be raid drivers. With problematic driver being included in the installation package you can install windows xp on your sata hddbutthe installation package is on the hdd. Nvidias driver download site is quite good and easy to locate the sata drivers.
Moreover, we need the drivers for the sata controller provided by the manufacturer. Serial ata sata drives are the latest in the hard drive fashion and, in theory, installing windows on the drive should prove relatively simple. Need chipset f6 drivers for xp repair install dell. Sata drivers load in windows xp setup on dual boot or sata drivers slipstream into windows xp cd your asus has a intel sata controller. Installing windows xp on a serial ata hard drive is not an easy task, because the system does not recognize sata drivers at startup. If the sata controller is recognized during setup without special drivers, then you can complete the installation. Install windows xp on sata without a floppy f6 windows. Plus i dont understand why you need to press f6 for the sata drivers to install xp when it should be configurable in the bios to boot from the install cd and then the sata drive only. Install ahci raid driver under windows xp on aimb780. How to add sata drivers to a windows xp installation disc.
Note press f6 during windows setup to read from floppy. Installing the operating system onto a raid volumef6. When you press f6 the loading process continues normally, but it will ask the driver before the menu installation, repair, leave. Disable the native sata in the bios if the bios provides an option to disable the native sata configuration in the bios, do the following steps. This will not install the driver, it will only extract the driver files to sata. After the initial setup, check for driver updates from the os or controller manufacturer. Both these drives sets have been inserted in to the xp disk and an iso image burned. When you run the install, when it says to press f6 to load additional drivers, do it. All of which prompts me to ask is there a sata driver for xp tha works with workstation.
No floppy drive for f6 install of raid driver intel. Ich6 sata f6 driver i accept the terms in the license agreement. Install windows xp from an iso on a usb drive onto a sata hard disk without nlite using easy2boot duration. If so exactly which files will i need as there are so many on the supplied disk its confusing. I need sata driver to install xp solved windows xp ccm. Windows xp still requires drivers for some early sata controllers even if you set them to ide mode. Thats the one missing you have to browse during windows 7 installation. The f6 installation method allows you to install a thirdparty mass storage driver during windows setup. Xp install and f6 question for sata drive 20091207 11.
Need sata drivers for new xp install windows xp home and. When press f6 if you need to install a thirdparty scsi or raid driver. The scsi f6 floppy based driver for xp is included in workstation. When you install win xp, setup can not find your hard drive. At the windows setup screen this should be the second screen after installation starts you should see, at the bottom of the screen, a message saying. Raid driver is required for installing windows xp on a sata.
Get the ahci drivers from asus for your motherboard, unzip them and install them on a floppy disk. Installing windows xp with a 3rd party sataraid driver. This only works when your ata drive installed with windows xp and given your. The steps 1 and 2 can be skipped if you use the f6 floppy disk utility provided by intel. Bluetooth stack for windows by toshiba windows 8 beta. To reconize hdd we need to press f6 for third party driver installation. When the following press f6 if you need to install a third party scsi and raid driver message is displayed in the lower part of the screen press f6 key. Sata driver for win xp yes needs to be specific, here is the driver you need to install xp, download the file and use winzip or similar software to extract the contents of the exe file to a folder of choice, after extraction, these are the files needed to install xp using the f6 method, or slipstream the extracted drivers into the cd using. In order to install windows xp at least on a sata drive whose controller is not included by default on the xp installation media, you have to press f6 key once the installation sequence starts in order to load any 3rd party sata raid driver.
See here for a list of ahci drivers included with the f6 xp install process used in e2b. Xp install and f6 question for sata drive evga forums. Feb 22, 2007 the original windows xp installation cd, a freeware application named nlite and a blank cd. Not a big deal, not much effort, but the funny thing is that a great number of people passed on their floppy drives. You can identify your ahci controller using the list disk controller pci ids l menu. When you want to install windows xp, you need to press f6 to provide the sata driver that will allow it to find your sata hard drive and thus use. The chart below shows the circumstances in which you must use the f6 installation method during an operating system installation. Dec, 2010 5 save, exit and load windows xp from your hd it should now start properly. Sata controller is in ahciraid mode, so you need to use f6 floppy disk supplied by hardware vendor. I see a prompt to press f6 if i want to install drivers. After the extraction is completed, the driver files can be found in sata \ driver. I integrated the sata driver with help of your tutorial, voila, worked at the second try, the first try i forgot to remove the floppy disk. I have the sata controller drivers and have made the relevant floppy disk.
Im trying to do a repair install, but i cant get to the setup screen. How can windows xp setup f6 use a usb flash drive instead of a floppy drive to find drivers for a sata hard drive. Raid driver is required for installing windows xp on a. Then during the textmode phase of the setup process we press f6 key to install a third party scsi or raid driver. Installing sata drivers pre xp installation hardware. Nov 17, 2004 i installed asus sata driver after windows xp was installed. How to add sata drivers to a windows xp installation disc youtube.
Dec 25, 2012 when you want to install windows xp, you need to press f6 to provide the sata driver that will allow it to find your sata hard drive and thus use. Hi, i have the evga 680i and im about to install xp sp1 on a new sata drive. Then simply copy the contents of the folder containing the sata driver on the diskette. When the installation begins, i press f6 and install the ich9 driver.
When installing xp to a physical machine with a sata disk there are drivers available that allow installation of xp on a physical sata disk. For the nlite windows xp cd with sata drivers follow the instructions in this article. Load sata drivers on your windows xp setup cd tutorial. F6 installation method for intel rapid storage technology. Windows xp pro install with sata drive set for ahci. Sometimes installing windows can be a truly challenging problem. I need the correct intel chipset drivers that i can install using f6 in the process.
Will it be necessary to load drivers via f6 floppy. When the next screen appears press s to specify an additional device. Hp notebook pcs how to add serial ata sata drives to a. We have just purchased 20 new fujitsu siemens s7020 laptops. Where can i find windows drivers for my sata drive. Oct 04, 2007 everyone who uses sataraid face a problem during installation of xp. If you are attempting to install xp and you really do need to add the sata driver using the f6 method, then you do have an option with the driver package file you downloaded.
Im able to arrive at the installation phase, but it doesnt find the partition ive created for winxp, and ive readed online that i need to install the sata drivers ahci o. Sata drivers slipstream into windows xp cd page 15. If you are going to install winxp on a desktop, you can give the sata driver by means of a floppy when installing wizard ask you press f6 if you need to install a third party scsi or raid driver. Need sata driver for dell e520 december 2008 forums cnet. Sata hard drive software driver for an acer laptop. Insert the installation cd of windows xp and boot up the computer. Download a floppy sata raid driver, extract it to floppy disk and then when installing xp, you need to press f6 at the specified time to install the driver. Ive never really messed around with doing the f6 installation of raid drivers when installing xp. If you are goinig to install winxp on a laptop, the best way is to embed the sata driver. F6 floppy disk utility for ahci intel download center. Jul 26, 2008 i am using an asus p5w64ws mb, xp pro sp3, and an older 74gb wd raptor. How to install windows xp with builtin f6 floppy drivers for ahciraid disk using.
Windows xp does not provide drivers for all the sata controllers, therefore, during the installation procedure, the user must insert a floppy with the drivers that came in the package along with. For some reason, you dont want to use nlite to prepare windows xp 2003 installation cd with integrated drivers, and you want to install from original, unmodified installation disc. This will only allow you to install drivers from your a drive, but since you have a motherboard with a floppy attached you should have no problem. Intel graphics media accelerator driver for windows xp zip installs graphic drivers version 14. Installing sata drivers pre xp installation posted in hardware, components and peripherals. Windows xp does not provide drivers for all the sata controllers, therefore, during the installation procedure, the user must insert a floppy with the drivers that came in.
Dec 18, 2012 in order to install windows xp at least on a sata drive whose controller is not included by default on the xp installation media, you have to press f6 key once the installation sequence starts in order to load any 3rd party sata raid driver. If the sata hard drive is not showing then click the load. Installing windows xp with f6 ahciraid drivers from usb only. You will be asked to press the s key to load the sata drivers, which you should now see on your usb fdd. Wasted hours to try with a floppy disk, driver would load with f6 in setup, but wouldnt after the xp setup started to copy the files to the hard drive. Problem installing windows xp pro 64bit with f6 ahci driver. The message displays during textmode phase at the beginning of windows xp setup. However after an initial installation i found best practice is to reload the sata driver into the xp environment. I was wondering how you install the sata driver without a floppy drive.
Windows 7 installer not able to find sata raid device. If the shiny new sata drive isnt showing up in your dusty old p4 box, check the board manufacturers site for an f6 driver. Installing windows xp with f6 ahciraid drivers from dvd. Recovery console will not install as a boot option after sp2,you must. However, most desktop computers and all laptops dont come with a floppy drive these days, and what makes it worse is you cannot use anything else such as a usb stick to put the drivers.
Raidsata slipstream in xp no f6 needed while installation. Xp setup to use a usb flash drive for sata drivers. Aug 31, 2007 after downloading the correct sata drivers and creating the floppy i f6 during installation and load driver 82801 hemhbm sata ahci and loads fine it starts to install windows and asks what. Aug 19, 2005 installing sata drivers pre xp installation posted in hardware, components and peripherals. Unless it is cdrom of the windows xp sp2 application being completed the blue back occurs at last stage of boot. But in some cases those who dont have floppy drive or sometimes floppy currupts floppy is not reliable anymoremost people dont have a usb floppy drive. Jul 29, 2005 installing windows xp with a 3rd party sataraid driver. Intel softpaqs do not extract well so no way to get indiv. On starting the xp installation, i hit f6 and select the correct controller from the list. From my experience not in the virtualbox environment the sata driver loaded by f6 off diskette at the beginning of the xp installation is adequate to complete the installation. Sata drivers slipstream into windows xp cd windows 7. Usually the major motherboard and pc manufacturers will have.
How to inject sata drivers ahci after xp installation. Load sata controller drivers with a floppy disk is the best way. Press the esc key to exit the bios setup utility and reboot the workstation using the windows xp installation media. Windows xp pro sp2 fares a little better with sata drivers, but here is what can be done in cases where the driver is not recognized.
Ich9m em sata ahci driver which is correct for my personal laptop. One of the first things youll see is the above option to press f6. Nov 07, 2012 installing windows xp on a serial ata hard drive is not an easy task, because the system does not recognize sata drivers at startup. Install windows xp on a sata hard disk windows tutorials. I believe this is the only way to get sata drives working.
Share flag this conversation is currently closed to new comments. To install the intel rapid storage technology intel rst driver during operating system setup, follow these steps. Mar 30, 2007 if you are attempting to install xp and you really do need to add the sata driver using the f6 method, then you do have an option with the driver package file you downloaded. Press f6 if you need to install a third party scsi or raid driver. Install windows xp on sata without a floppy f6 rockmanx. Information on how to use the f6 installation method if your system does not. For example, if you need to install windows xp because its an old hardware uncapable of running something better, and you need to install operating system to the sata hdd in ahci mode or to the raid controller with appropriate f6 floppy drivers, but you have. The xp goes through it loading f6 selected and i get to the end where it asks to load drivers select s, it then cant find the drivers. The system, motherboard, or controller manufacturer usually supplies these drivers, either on a driver. I am using an asus p5w64ws mb, xp pro sp3, and an older 74gb wd raptor.
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