Mikieboyblue Posted August 21, 2004 Posted August 21, 2004 Hey guys, The semester is about to start and I don't have all the time in the world to search the web for this...so...here's the problem: I have a 74gb raptor on sata1 on my dfi hofinity and I cannot get winxp to even see the hard drive in during set up. I have tried diabling the sata raid and setting it to sata as well as disabled...none work if I don't load the dfi raid driver and the drive is still not found if I do load the dfi raid driver. I'm using the 6/19 bios. If I have the sata raid enabled in the bios, it searches for the drives after the boot and sees the raptor on sata0...but aparently windows does not. Any help? Thanks!!!! Mike Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RGone Posted August 21, 2004 Posted August 21, 2004 :confused: ...search for you? Pretty good explanation that I found RGone... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikieboyblue Posted August 21, 2004 Posted August 21, 2004 lol, no....didn't mean it like that :-p Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
m0ng0d Posted August 21, 2004 Posted August 21, 2004 That link seemed to be a very thorough explaination to get through the problem I thought you were having. so... there's no problem then? hmmm.... The only other thing I can think of is wether or not your install disk is SP1 or not... I seem to recall an issue where you'd need to install "old" XP on IDE first, Service patch it, and ghost the install over to the SATA drive... or I could have been drunk when i heard/read that:rolleyes: ... or slipstream your own install disk Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikieboyblue Posted August 22, 2004 Posted August 22, 2004 The WinXP disc I am using is a SP2 slipstream disc. Not sure if it solved the problem yet. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikieboyblue Posted August 22, 2004 Posted August 22, 2004 Ok, I got the non-raid driver off of the cd and it still doesn't see my hard drive in windows. When I get to the screen to hit F8, it show no drive available. If I hit enter, I get a BOSD that references setupdd.sys. Any clue? I have the WD 74gb Raptor (port 1) with a WD60 (port 3). Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikieboyblue Posted August 22, 2004 Posted August 22, 2004 Fixed, got the newest SATA drivers from SilImage.... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
m0ng0d Posted August 23, 2004 Posted August 23, 2004 good job! If you check my posts, I put a link in that shows you how to slip in your own drivers so that you donlt have to press F6... unfortunately, these instuctions (link to another forum) were written for an SP1 slipstream... to they will be a step backwards so to speak, but in the right direction Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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