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SuperBeastDJ
10-25-2005, 09:02 PM
Im on a asus k8v-se delux.. and I just put in a seagate 250gb hard drive.. sata..

the bios doesnt have an option for it really.. so I think I need the drivers...

anyone know where I can find em? asus site and google didn't help.
jayb1234
10-25-2005, 09:25 PM
Either on the disk that came with the drive, or try the Seagate site.
SuperBeastDJ
10-25-2005, 09:44 PM
ok its an oem hard drive. only it came..

and I tired the diskwizzard thing from seagate.. but after it restarts my pc.. it never "continues" setup of my hard drive.. I think my pcs not detecting it..
glc
10-25-2005, 11:24 PM
It's the controller drivers you need, not hard drive drivers. They would be on the motherboard CD and on the Asus site. You need to extract them to a floppy to install Windows on the drive. There's 2 different SATA controllers on that board - the native Via and the Promise.
SuperBeastDJ
10-26-2005, 12:01 AM
It's the controller drivers you need, not hard drive drivers. They would be on the motherboard CD and on the Asus site. You need to extract them to a floppy to install Windows on the drive. There's 2 different SATA controllers on that board - the native Via and the Promise.

^^;;

I dont have a floppy drive... can a cd work?.. also.. wtf is a controler.. what am I looking for?
glc
10-26-2005, 01:20 AM
No, you MUST use a floppy if a driver is required. The controller is the jack you plug the SATA cable into, you might want to read over your motherboard manual and the readmes on the motherboard CD.

http://forum.pcmech.com/showthread.php?t=120379

Looks like your Via controller has native support but your Promise doesn't. Which controller are you plugging your SATA drive into? (Read the motherboard manual to answer that)
RJ
10-26-2005, 12:13 PM
I dont have a floppy drive... can a cd work?..

The only way without a floppy is the following procedure, and you need a working PC for that:

- copy the contents of your XP CD to hard drive
- integrate the drivers of the IDE controller
- burn a new XP CD, you need a blank CD for that
- use the new CD to install Windows. It should automatically see your hard drive as the drivers are integrated

Or, as said, plug the hard drive into the native SATA ports.

RJ
SuperBeastDJ
10-26-2005, 07:01 PM
Soo.. is everyone going to vaguely tell me what I need.. or can I get some directions please?
SuperBeastDJ
10-26-2005, 11:51 PM
AHH it finaly works.. god that took forever...
glc
10-27-2005, 03:41 AM
We can only answer your questions if you answer ours first!

Which controller are you plugging your SATA drive into? (Read the motherboard manual to answer that)

Glad you got it working.