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Boot from HDD Problem [SATA drive not detected]

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  1. 2005/08/18
    nobbie_ferguson

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    Hi, i just built a PC. I am running one S-ATA seagate Barracuda 160GB HDD. I am trying to put windows onto it (obviously). I have booted from the windows disk, created my partition and gone through the long process on the blue screen of formatting the partition etc.. My PC then restarts. I changed the BIOS settings so that it boots from the HDD as all the windows files have been copied there. However setup cannot find my HDD and trys booting from CD again. It is obviously connected properly as i partitioned and formatted it before. Do you guys have any suggestions? Do i need to set up RAID (i thaught that was only for multiple Hard Drives)?
     
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    Mybe it'll help to know these are the boot options on my BIOS:
    Floppy
    LS120
    Hard Disk
    CD
    ROM
    ZIP
    USB-FDD
    USB-ZIP
    USB-CDROM
    USB-HDD
    Legacy LAN
    U¬50J
     
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    From Seagate - How To Install and Troubleshoot Serial ATA (SATA) Hard Drives

    You will almost certainly need to install the Sata drivers by hitting F6 on the first or second blue Windows install screen - these should be found on the mobo CD along with instructions for putting them on a floppy disk. You will also need the RAID controller enabled in BIOS - in my experience.

    I run a SATA HD (Hitachi) as a third drive in my m/c - no OS on it, but needed the RAID controller for Windows to see the drive. You will also need to enable the SATA boot up ROM in BIOS - see your mobo manual.

    Boot order should be CD-ROM > Floppy > HD.
     
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    Thanks. Slight problem, i don't have a floppy. Do i have to get one then?
     
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    Well, maybe not - see this thread ....

    http://www.windowsbbs.com/showthread.php?t=40404&highlight=SATA

    I must admit to floundering around in the dark on this one as I have not had occasion to load an OS to a clean SATA drive, but you should ensure that the SATA boot rom is enabled in BIOS and that the onboard RAID controller is enabled - then try again.
     
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    Well im in the process of pulling out a floppy drive from an old machine, i'll do it the traditional way!
     
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    it wants the file txtsetup.oem when i put the floppy in :confused:
     
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    The drivers should be on the mobo CD. Depending on whether your board has a Silicon Image or nVidia controller download the appropriate manual from here. It contains instructions on how to make the floppy.

    You have enabled the SATA boot ROM in BIOS?
     
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    OK,
    1. There are a lot of drivers on the CD, i singled out one that looked promising. I tried to open it so it could be extracted to a floppy like the one off the internet but it just told me that it didnt support my motherboard. (remember im doing this bit on another PC) So i assume you have to be in windows to install SATA support.... whats up with that???
    2. There is no tab saying enable SATA boot ROM in my Bios, there is LAN boot ROM, but no SATA boot ROM.
     
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    My Motherboard is a Gigabyte GA-K8NXp-SLI with an Nforce 4 chipset if that helps
     
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    OK, i read this: http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showtopic=47624 so i disabled all the RAID functions and on the boot it did the "press any key to boot from CD" which it should do for windows, but you're not supposed to press it rite? So after bout 30secs the PC tries booting from HDD, but now it comes up with "Windows could not start because of a computer disk hardware configuration problem. Could not read from the selected boot disk. Check boot path and disk hardware.
    Plaese check the windows documentation about hardware disk configuration and your hardware reference manuals for additional information. "
     
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    The URL you posted refers to the original XP 64bit edition not to the standard 32 bit XP - Home & Pro.
    That is correct if Windows has been installed - how far did you get with the install? If there is a bootable CD in the CD-ROM drive you will always see that message.

    Just downloaded your mobo manual and will get back to you shortly when I have perused it.
     
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    My best guess on this is ....

    Serial-ATA 1 & 2 should be enabled in Bios.

    SATA 1 & 2 Primary & Secondary Raid should be disabled along with SATA Raid 5.

    However, on p77 of the manual .....

    It really should not be this difficult, but, as I mentioned, this is not a task I have undertaken.
     
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    Thanks mate :) . I will try what it says on p.77 tomorrow (its late now) and i'll post on here what happens.
     
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    This is of no help whatsoever ...... :eek: ...... but I wonder why some makes/models of SATA harddisks have problems but others don't. The manual says: "Without the driver, the hard disk may not be recognized during the Windows setup process ". A while ago, I built a computer based on the GA-K8N Ultra-SLI and a 160 GB Hitachi 7K250 SATA. The manual for that motherboard has the same "caveat" but Windows XP with SP2 slipstreamed installed without any fuss at all.

    Was I just lucky?

    ...... :confused: ...... Christer ...... :confused: ......
     
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    nobbie_ferguson

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    OK, i cannot get the drivers to a floppy. I have tried booting from the driver CD with another computer however it says "This is not a Gigabyte motherboard press any key to restart" and when i try to boot from the CD on my new PC i am told that "your hard drive doesnt support HPA! Press any Key to restart "
    So how the hell can i boot from this disk???
     
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    PeteC

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    Do not try to boot the other computer from the motherboard CD - open the CD in Windows Explorer and ...
    page 77 of the manual.

    It would be very helpful if you would respond to some of the questions I posted - otherwise I am even more in the dark as to what is going on :)
    of Windows
    Have you tried this?

    Edit - out now, back later this morning.
     
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    nobbie_ferguson

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    Ok, how far did i get with the install? I got to the blue windows screen, i created my partition in my HDD, i formatted the partition and then it copied files to the partition. The PC then reboots, it says "press any key to boot from CD" which i obviously don't want to do. It then cannot boot from HDD.
    I have enabled and disabled those those functions that you said.
     
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    I have moved this thread to the Hardware forum where it may get some more specialised attention.

    In the meantime I will think again and come back to you. The picture is clearer now re. your part install of Windows.
     
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