IDE to SATA converter

[jfenwick]

Ok, so this may be a bit left field, almost seems to simple to work....

I've been having issued getting XP to install on my SATA HD after a clean format, with a bunch of IDEs lying around i've sort of shelved the SATA HD for the past few weeks as school, work and new baby have taken my attention...just wondering if a quick SATA to IDE converter would work for the initial XP install at which point I unplug it and go over to the SATA connection on the mobo? Is this too good to be true?

 

[KSoD]

http://www.techist.com/forums/f9/how-keep-winxp-really-fast-stable-156582/

Why not just slipstream your SATA drivers into your XP Disc as described by EricB in that post?

 

[jfenwick]

I guess I could try that again...tried it once and it didn't work. This looks like a better tutorial on how to do it though so maybe i'll get lucky this time.

Thanks

 

[KSoD]

No problem. Stop by the Windows forum or just ask in that thread if you have any questions. We will assist you any way we can to avoid using a converter for no reason.

 

[Alvin.C]

Hello,

Check to see if you can disable 'SATA Native Mode' in your BIOS.