Firestorm ZERO Posted December 9, 2005 Posted December 9, 2005 I got myself a WD 74GB Raptor for a nice price and so I plan to reformat and do a fresh install. I heard of nlite to add/remove stuff from my Windows XP cd. Well since WinXP doesn't have SATA drivers I plan to intergrate the latest nVidia4 drivers. But I see 4 directories under "IDE". Which one do I install? All the guides I see are for RAID, but I only ONE raptor. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
finagle69 Posted December 9, 2005 Posted December 9, 2005 don't install the sata drivers unless you plan to use RAID. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KaollaSu Posted December 9, 2005 Posted December 9, 2005 I think I understand what he is trying to say. He wants to do a fresh install of Windows XP on his new SATA WD Raptor. Windows XP does not contain SATA drivers and thus will not detect the Hard Drive. The question is how can he integrate the latest NF4 drivers onto the WinXP install without having to load them with a floppy disk. Fortuneately for me the Windows XP SP2 CD that came with my Alienware Laptop had all those drivers already integrated so I use that disk for all my new installs. Of course I can't activate the install so I replace the code with the onefrom my older copy of XP and everything is good. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rldolph79 Posted December 9, 2005 Posted December 9, 2005 You shouldn't have to worry about it...most people dont realize that raptor are just ide drives with an ide to sata adapter stuck to the back. Mine was detected and installed perfectly with no tweaking of the install disk. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
finagle69 Posted December 14, 2005 Posted December 14, 2005 i have an xp pro disc with NO service pack... my 74G raptor installs it just fine w/o floppies. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dog2525 Posted December 14, 2005 Posted December 14, 2005 You shouldn't have to worry about it...most people dont realize that raptor are just ide drives with an ide to sata adapter stuck to the back. Mine was detected and installed perfectly with no tweaking of the install disk. really. so its and IDE HDD Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fight Game Posted December 14, 2005 Posted December 14, 2005 I think I understand what he is trying to say. He wants to do a fresh install of Windows XP on his new SATA WD Raptor. Windows XP does not contain SATA drivers and thus will not detect the Hard Drive. The question is how can he integrate the latest NF4 drivers onto the WinXP install without having to load them with a floppy disk. If you're not doing Raid, then no hard drive drivers are neccessary, regardless if it's ata or sata, afaik. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bonddabomb Posted February 12, 2006 Posted February 12, 2006 If you're not doing Raid, then no hard drive drivers are neccessary, regardless if it's ata or sata, afaik. Are you sure? When i setup my last build it didnt work until i installed the drivers with the floppies. I dont think that you need them everytime that you do a new install but you do need them sometimes Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KaollaSu Posted February 12, 2006 Posted February 12, 2006 Are you sure? When i setup my last build it didnt work until i installed the drivers with the floppies. I dont think that you need them everytime that you do a new install but you do need them sometimes Wow. You picked an old thread to resurrect. If your using the nVidia SATA ports and not running raid, then you don't need to load drivers. If your using the Sil SATA ports, then you do need to load drivers. I always recommend using the nVidia ports for the system drive. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
renzokuken Posted February 12, 2006 Posted February 12, 2006 My Raptor appears in the tray in the "Safely Remove Harware" icon with the green arrow and the drive picture. You know the one that appears when you plug in a flash drive. Very strange. I'm not actually sure if this is normal, but it didn't do that when I had it in my other system... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mean6 Posted February 12, 2006 Posted February 12, 2006 that is because of the nf4 chipset, the harddrives are hot plugged, meaning you can connect and disconnect the drives at any time. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
finagle69 Posted February 12, 2006 Posted February 12, 2006 that is because of the nf4 chipset, the harddrives are hot plugged, meaning you can connect and disconnect the drives at any time. this is true, but i'd advise against doing that to your system drive Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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