Windows XP on SATA HDD

[bsb]

hi all!

I assembled a new PC (Athlon 2800, ASUS-7N8X-Dlx board, 512 MB DDR-400). I have installed a SATA hard disk (80 GB Samsung). Windows 98 has been sucessfully installed. The problem started when I tried to install XP.

The XP CD I have, is not bootable and the setup doesn't run on DOS. You have to boot in Win98 and then start installing XP. I have done it on my earlier machine with IDE disk.

The XP setup wizard copies the required files from CD but when it restarts the system for installation, it gives a big error message. which goes like this...

A problem has been detected and windows has been shutdown to prevent damage to your computer.
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check for viruses on your computer. Remove any newly installed hard drives or hard drive controller. check the disk for damages etc...etc...
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Technical information
0x0000007B (0xF898963C, 0xC0000035, 0x00000000, 0x00000000)

Scandisk doesn't show any problem with Harddisk. many of you might have installed XP on SATA disks. Can somebody please help.

BSB

 

[JAK]

hi all!

I assembled a new PC (Athlon 2800, ASUS-7N8X-Dlx board, 512 MB DDR-400). I have installed a SATA hard disk (80 GB Samsung). Windows 98 has been sucessfully installed. The problem started when I tried to install XP.

The XP CD I have, is not bootable and the setup doesn't run on DOS. You have to boot in Win98 and then start installing XP. I have done it on my earlier machine with IDE disk.

the Xp CD u hav is a Pirated version if I aint wrong.....
Assuming that u have forgotten ur Bios password(just assuming..lol ) and thats why u cannot boot with ur Org winXP CD and ur Bios has the default boot settings (floppy -- HDD )
Here is what u need to do
#1 Make a Win98 Boot Disk(Floppy)
#2 Bootup using the Disk(Floppy)
#3 Load CDROM support while booting
#4 Insert ur XP CD in the drive and go to "CDROM:\i386" folder..then type "winnt.exe" without the Quotes

Reg. the error u r encountering is due to the fact that u have not loaded ur SATA controller drivers....u need to press F6 during the setup to load ur SATA drivers through a floppy(u will find these drivers in ur mobrd Driver CD....