Load the SATA/RAID drivers from floppy

For those who have access to USB floppy drives, here's the step how you want to get XP Setup to detect your SATA harddrive.

1. Attach USB floppy disc
   
2. Copy SATA/RAID drivers to floppy
   
3. Reboot and boot from XP Setup disc
   
4. Look at the bottom of the screen and hit F6 when it says "Press F6 to load blah blah blah"
   
5. A screen will show a list of drivers to load from the floppy which in most case only 1 item in the list
   
6. Select the driver there and XP Setup should be able to detect your hard drive
   
7. Resume XP installation as how you do normally
   

Here's a list of drivers to stop everyone from creating new threads to ask for drivers.

! I have updated some of the laptops with its chipset model !
! There are some laptops which their manufacturer haven't put up the corresponding drivers therefore i would link to a generic driver which should work the same. !
! I am just providing these details as per my knowledge to computers and would not hold responsible if any damage is done(which in this case should not be possible) to your computer. !

Acer
Aspire 4710 [i945GM] - ftp://ftp1.acer.com.sg/Support/files/Acer.../XPSP2/SATA.exe
Aspire 4720 [GM965] - http://downloadcenter.intel.com/license_ag...ystems&lang=eng

Dell
Dell Inspiron 1420 - http://support.ap.dell.com/support/topics/...pup&file=205611

Please be awared that for certain cases, drivers would be the same if it is the same chipset. For example, if Aspire 4710 would be a 965GM chipset and 4720 is also using the same 865GM chipset, the same RAID/SATA drivers could be used to do the installation. If you're not sure, please ask first...

Post or PM me the laptop model here and i'll find for you and do the updating here.

to, subkiller...
recently i buy a new compaq presario V3628tu..and already install with win vista..the problem is i don like to use the OS and want to change it with win xp..i tried to install it by myself but i its cannot setup completely..1. can u tell me how to install win xp in my laptop..2. when i checked my bios system, i found that there are v3500 series inside, but the shop tell me that its v3628tu model...am i cheated or what? please help...

I've installed WinXP on my new PC with the motherboard set to PATA emulation mode. Can I reinstall WinXP with the SATA drivers without the risk of losing the data in other partitions when I change to SATA mode?

Thanks.

THX bro !!! i got it !!

can COMPAQ PRESARIO C714TU downgrade from Vista to XP ?

hmm...can this trick be done with my compaq presario v3000...i've burn 3 disc  to try this...but none of this works...i wonder why...hmm...i've done according to the step that u show on the 1st post...but i turns out with the blue screen...hmm

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Added on December 5, 2007, 7:15 amwhat is actually the first move...do i have to install some other thing in my laptop or just do this trick...can u please help me SubKi||er...

i didnt remember exactly...i think it says that problem with the disc or something like that...btw,i've send it to the shop...

i get error msg during installation of xp ,
Error msg as below：
installation failed : d:\i386\asm. error message : incorrect function

got a question here...is it normal for sata hdd detected as scsi? my sata hdd shown as scsi drive in xp device manager

hey,could u do me a favour...could u post a snapshot of a file that shud have in the disc...u know,the installer and other thing...because i copy from a dvd...it is not exactly a window disc...u know,a dvd that have window setup and other application...i just copy all the files except other application setup...maybe i miss other thing...just to make sure...

Load the SATA/RAID drivers from floppy

For those who have access to USB floppy drives, here's the step how you want to get XP Setup to detect your SATA harddrive.

1. Attach USB floppy disc
   
   
2. Copy SATA/RAID drivers to floppy
   
   
3. Reboot and boot from XP Setup disc
   
   
4. Look at the bottom of the screen and hit F6 when it says "Press F6 to load blah blah blah"
   
   
5. A screen will show a list of drivers to load from the floppy which in most case only 1 item in the list
   
   
6. Select the driver there and XP Setup should be able to detect your hard drive
   
   
7. Resume XP installation as how you do normally
   
   

Here's a list of drivers to stop everyone from creating new threads to ask for drivers.

! I have updated some of the laptops with its chipset model !
! There are some laptops which their manufacturer haven't put up the corresponding drivers therefore i would link to a generic driver which should work the same. !
! I am just providing these details as per my knowledge to computers and would not hold responsible if any damage is done(which in this case should not be possible) to your computer. !

Acer
Aspire 4710 [i945GM] - ftp://ftp1.acer.com.sg/Support/files/Acer.../XPSP2/SATA.exe
Aspire 4720 [GM965] - http://downloadcenter.intel.com/license_ag...ystems&lang=eng

Dell
Dell Inspiron 1420 - http://support.ap.dell.com/support/topics/...pup&file=205611

Please be awared that for certain cases, drivers would be the same if it is the same chipset. For example, if Aspire 4710 would be a 965GM chipset and 4720 is also using the same 865GM chipset, the same RAID/SATA drivers could be used to do the installation. If you're not sure, please ask first...

Post or PM me the laptop model here and i'll find for you and do the updating here.

HP Compaq Presario V3000 required Intel Mass Storage: http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/softwar...=1817059&os=228

for detect the SATA/RAID.

Download the Intel Mass Storage and extract and copy it into your USB drive and follow the instruction as mentioned above.

Now it's work for me.