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irmo123
06-17-2005, 07:45 PM
I am trying to turn up a new build but XP doesn't detect my HDD.

mobo: ASUS P5RD1-V Socket T (LGA 775) ATI Radeon XPRESS 200 ATX Intel Motherboard

HDD: Seagate Barracuda 7200.7 SATA NCQ ST380817AS 80GB 7200 RPM Serial ATA150 Hard Drive

My mobo has an SATA controller and ports resident on the board. Do I still need to install the drivers or am I ready to go? I connected my drive to SATA1 with an SATA cable and used the SATA power connector.

I did not include a floppy drive in the build. If the drivers are missing, is there a way to install them with out a floppy drive? During POST the drive appears on the start screen. SATA is enabled in BIOS. I only have one HDD so I was't setting up a RAID array. Any help is appreciated. Thanks.

JB

irmo123
06-17-2005, 11:05 PM
I pulled a floppy drive from another computer and made the driver install disk and the OS install is proceeding. Having one little problem after another. Mostly user errors :o

But right now XP is finishing the install. Keeping my fingers crossed.