Installing windows using SATA drive

[elp]

Anyone know how to install windows on a single sata drive? It says that no hard drives found to install on.

 

[killians45]

Either get the drivers for it or go into bios and disable SATA (set it to IDE compatability mode) and install. Once thats done, download and install SP2 and install it. When you do that, go back into bios and re enable SATA support.

 

[elp]

thanks for the info.. whats sp2 btw?

 

[Claw]

Service Pack 2, I suppose Although SP1 should be able to work with SATA drives too.

 

[killians45]

yeah but SP1 had some issues, SP2 makes it more stable AND includes SP1 updates.

 

[elp]

thanks guys!

 

[hilowe]

MicroBell posted on this in the Hardware Zone. Includes some info on installing Windows on a SATA hard drive. Also includes RAID information, so you will have to read through it for your information.

http://www.techist.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=17936

 

[Aggdaddy]

Where do you get SP2 from? I thought it wasn't going to be available until August?

 

[derrmc]

sp2

You can get sp2 through update now, I did it today

 

[elp]

There is a famous saying though "if it works don't fix it". Sometimes updates can do more harm than good. Best to make backups.