Installing Windows XP on Asus P8P67Pro

[357mag]

I miss XP as that was a fantastic system. I've learned you can install it on the Asus P8P67Pro board which is what I have. I found out you gotta go into the BIOS and change the SATA Configuration to IDE. I did that, but when I loaded the XP disc, it said it could not detect any hard drives.

Is there a way to install XP on my system without going into my machine and swapping wires around? Would that slipstream XP install disc work?

[rjfvillarosa]

Originally Posted by 357mag change the SATA Configuration to IDE.

What happens when you set it back to what it was?

[glc]

Which SATA controller are you using - the Intel 6.0 (gray), Intel 3.0 (blue), or Marvell (navy blue)?

The Asus download site is not cooperating right now, but you are going to have to get a preinstall driver for XP for the controller. This driver has to be installed via FLOPPY DISK and you will need a USB floppy drive. Press F6 at the beginning of Setup when prompted to install a 3rd party storage driver.

[strollin]

As glc pointed out, XP is brain dead in that the SATA driver can only be installed via a floppy disk. If your system lacks a floppy drive you can use a USB floppy drive.

You can, however, slipstream the driver onto the install CD. Check here for how to do it. It's more work but it's about the only other way if you don't have a floppy drive available.

[357mag]

I'll do a little reading about the slipstreaming idea. I would rather not have to buy a floppy drive. I've never made a slipstream install disc so this is all new territory to me.

Thanks.

[357mag]

Okay I'm in the process of making this custom slipstream disc. Which specific driver do I need:

1. Intel(R) Rapid Storage Technology Driver Software V10.5.0.1026

2.Intel Rapid Storage Technology driver software V10.1.0.1008

3.Intel Rapid Storage Technology driver software V10.0.0.1046

4. JMicron JMB36X Controller Driver V1.17.58.2

5.Marvell Controller Driver V1.0.0.1045

[357mag]

I've tried burning the .iso image to a DVD twice now and for some reason ImgBurn just keeps getting hung up on finalizing the disc. My entire system is unresponsive.

[Preston]

Which service pack is the Windows XP install disk?

I recently installed Windows XP on an SATA SSD without any problems (no floppies).

I used a Windows XP Home install disk with service pack 3 slipstreamed in. It recognized the SATA drive and installed without any problems.

[357mag]

I included SP3 in my .iso image. My disk that I bought years ago is just SP2. I don't know but my solid state drive got suffocated to the max by a big snake. I was burning the .iso image to disk using ImgBurn and it kept getting hung up at the end. I tried to break the operation and my whole computer slowed down to an absolute crawl.

I had no choice but to remove my drive and replace it with another mechanical drive I had brand new in my closet.

Don't know if I unleashed a worm or virus or I got some freak electrical hang-up but my machine became like quicksand.

I'm up and running again.

That's interesting that you said you were able to install XP using SP3 without the need of a separate SATA Driver.

Maybe I'll try that.

[357mag]

I tried making a slipstream disc just incorporating SP3 with nothing else. That didn't work. Next I made another disc incorporating the SATA Driver. That kinda worked.

When I loaded the disc into my drive while I had a partition already made on my hard drive Windows noticed the drive.

When I loaded the disc while there was nothing but unallocated space, Windows said it could not detect any drives.