windows xp repair console

bought a 400 gig hd for sata ata. did segates drive copy and re-booted.
the computer will not boot the new drive. I used windows setup cd to repair,
but it says the drive is a dynamic drive and cant repair it.

the repair console at the first will access the drive, so i think i need to
put the sataraid drivers in this way.
need to know how. hope someone can help

thanks

ts

 

There is a Upgrade/Reinstallation path one can use to do a "repair" reinstallation of XP. During this process (very early on) you will see briefly a prompt at the bottom of the screen to hit "F6" to install RAID drivers. Hit F6 and have a floppy disk already prepared with your SATA drivers on it.

Tutorial: http://www.informationweek.com/LP/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=189400897&pgno=2&queryText=bid=811151

MSFT KB: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/315341

(You should also check to be certain any BIOS settings for using SATA have been made).

 

windows repair console

thanks Bill for answering me. I can get my system that far, but I need to know how to install the sata drivers ont the system when i log in to windows through the console. thanks

ts

 

Microsoft would tell you that it is not possible, that only a clean install or a repair reinstallation would work.

Rather than say it is not possible, I will say it is very tricky. The following suggestion requires more than a little technical expertise.

See the .reg file and discussion in the second half of this article: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314082/