Windows install on sata drive

[jgis19]

I installed a new WD sata 160 GB HD and cloned WinXP from my old Maxtor 120 IDE HD. Windows cloned as it should but it is really slow to boot so I thought I would try a repair install of Windows but in trying to do the install my SATA drive doesn't show up as a drive to format or install. I removed the 120GB Maxtor and left my 80GB Maxtor IDE drive in Windows wants to try to install on The 80GB Maxtor. It looks like I can't do a new Win install on the SATA drive because it do not show the SATA drive. I know it is there as I am in Windows trying this now.
Motheboard is an Asus A8V Deluxe with native SATA drivers. As much as I read the MOBO manual,I can't find an option in BIOS to fix this. Where am I going wrong?

[Don Soriano]

Welcome to the club. I had a similar experience. I was unable to load WINxp on to my SATA (Raptor) drive because I was told the WINxp OS I have in the existing drive was up to date. I suppose they meant I cannot load a non-updated disk to a system with an updated copy. So I disconnected the other drives and tried to clean install. No joy. There seemed to be a problem with the Raptor driver. So I'm back to square one. Raptor is working but does not contain the OS.

Don

[jgis19]

My newly installed SATA drive does have WinXP on it by virtue of cloning it with WD Data LifeGuard but I can't seem to reinstall or repair Windows.

[glc]

You need to disconnect all the other drives, and use the F6 routine and install the SATA drivers.

I don't think you need to do a repair reinstall anyway. Open a command prompt, type CHKDSK C: /F and answer Y to the reboot prompt, and reboot. Then do a general Windows cleanup. Make sure there are no flagged devices in device manager, you may need to install the Windows SATA driver from the motherboard CD.

[jgis19]

GLC, CHKDSK didn't clear up the boot problem,also no flagged drivers in device manager.The motherboard CD only has the VIA 4in1 which I installed and the sata raid drivers which I installed.So I will disconnect the 80GB Maxtor and try Windows install again.

[jgis19]

No luck,I disconnected the IDE HD,tried the Windows install and install says no disk present? I know the disk is there because I am using it now.What am I missing? I am guessing it is some BIOS setting,but I'll be danged if I can find it.
Any ideas?

[glc]

You need to press F6 and load the SATA driver from a floppy.

[jgis19]

Did that then ask for select, insert floppy in A, then gives a choice of drivers, chose WinXP,goes through all the verbage as to enter,F8 accept,starts to load then shows no disc present.
SATA connections are correct,drive shows up in BIOS,I see no jumper connections in the manual,I am confused.

[jgis19]

GLC,
Thanks for all of your help! FYI,I finnaly got it figured out. I connected the SATA cable on SATA Raid 1 connector on the motherboard instead of SATA1,then in BIOS I enabled onboard Promise controller & changed the operating mode from raid mode to IDE Mode,rebooted with the WinXP cd,did F6,got the VIA SATA raid drivers and the SATA drive showed up. I decided to do a clean install instead of repair and man does this thing fly now. After 3 years with the origional WinWP installation I probally had a lot of junk on it anyway. I have managed to keep my machine pretty clean with NOD32,Spybot,Ad-Aware but I imagine a lot of junk accumulates over 3 years.
Anyway, Thanks for all of your help.