How do I install Windows XP on a SATA drive without a floppy drive?
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Check your motherboard manual about how it handles SATA. Make absolutely sure that you have set your BIOS correctly and it can see the drive (hopefully). A new motherboard with a Windows XP SP2 disc should be able to install onto a new SATA drive with no problems. Otherwise, you might have to create a new Windows CD with the driver included: http://news.softpedia.com/news/Install-Windows-XP-On-SATA-Without-a-Floppy-F6-47807.shtml
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Dang Eric you are in trouble……
don’t install the RAID or SCSI drivers. it should work without them. SATA is great.
Just skip installing these drives. You can use an external floppy drive that connects to a USB port, only if you have the drives on a floppy disc. Also you can call Microsoft customer support and ask whats best to install complete OS to new hard drive.
Hope this helps
Caution : Windows Home XP SP1 only supports SATA drive up to 120GB.
I believe your BIOS is set CDROM enabled only for booting.
Do not press F6 while installing. Press F6 is for RAID or SCSI drivers which those harddisk connected to RAID or SCSI PCI card.
Use Windows XP Professional SP2 for SATA drive with more than 120 GB.
XP should able to tell u that your drive is new and ask u to create NTFS partition by selection of quick format or the normal way. The rest follow the instruction to complete your installation.