Setting up BIOS to boot from SATA hdd

[Theinkman]

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I have installed a WD Raptor on my system using a SIIG 3112 controller card, and I would like to use this as my boot drive. My comp uses an Intel 815EEA mobo, and I presently am booting from an older WD 40GB IDE drive. I was advised that to boot from the SATA drive, I needed to set up "SCSI" as a boot device in my BIOS. But, I don't have that option available. Here are the choices I have for boot devices:

Floppy
ARMD-FDD
ARMD-HDD
IDE-HDD
ATAPI-CDRom
Option ROM

I would like to do a clean install of XP on the Raptor, but I don't know which option to chose for a boot device. I know that when I install XP, I want the CD as a boot device. How do I specify the SATA drive for the install?
Any advice is appreciated.

[mrmister1]

When you install Windows it should ask you to press F6 to install the drivers for the SATA controller. Press F6 and insert the disk with the drivers.

[Theinkman]

MM-thanks once again for the help. My BIOS is presently setup to boot from the CD first, then the IDE drive which is the current boot device. Do I need to change this order before I do the install of XP, or is pressing F6 and installing the proper drivers from a floppy sufficient? I am planning on disconnecting the existing IDE drive before the new install of XP and using it for storage after. Should I remove it from the boot order? Thanks again.

[glc]

Set the bios to boot from CD first, then it doesn't really matter after that. Definitely disconnect the IDE drive when installing. ARMD stands for ATAPI removable media device (i.e. Zip drive). As I remember, the Intel bios will boot from the card automatically if it has a bootable device on it.

[Theinkman]

Thank you glc-I appreciate any and all advice. Do you think I will have any issues reconnecting the IDE drive after my XP install? I plan on formatting and partitioning this drive to use for storage-in essence, making it a "non-bootable" device.

[glc]

If you do, just boot with a boot floppy of some sort and use Delpart to remove the partitions - then you can repartition and format it using Disk Management in XP.

http://www.russelltexas.com/delpart.htm

[Theinkman]

glc-what is the procedure for doing this? I have delpart.exe loaded on a boot floppy. Could you run me through the process? Thanks for your help

theinkman

[glc]

Boot with the floppy, and type delpart at the A prompt. It's intuitive from there.