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I'm sure this is simple but I can't figure it out. I've a Asrock k7s8xe mobo, a sata pci board vt6421 and a sata wd hard drive. I'm trying to install xp on the hard drive.I've done the press f6 bit with the drivers on the floppy bit, but when the PC reboots theres no drive for it to boot from as there's no entries in the boot order menu in bios for sata. There's a entry for other devices. Am I doing something spectaculary wrong. Aplologies if this question as been asked many times before, but I've trawled the net and am a little weary now.
Maybe someone can correct me if I'm wrong. But I think you might be forced to install on a PATA drive and use the SATA drive for storage.
It's not really that big of a deal. All three of my systems have the Operating System set up on PATA drives even though the motherboards support SATA and I have several SATA drives on each system.
In case you are under the impression that SATA drives are faster than PATA, that's not the case.
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what is listed in the BIOS under BOOT > Boot Device Priority ? 1st (highlight and press ENTER) Options?
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"In case you are under the impression that SATA drives are faster than PATA, that's not the case."
this might be true for the 2 technologies in comparison with same spec drives. but if you have a slower PATA drive and a faster SATA drive then you certainly want to benefit from the better performance of the faster drive :)
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Thanks for staying with this. On the BIOS menu i have floppy, disabled,DVD 1, DVD2, disabled.
When I have a IDE/ Pata drive in it is recognized in the BIOS boot menu, and menu displays "disabled" when it is removed. A clue?If I boot with Windows on a PATA drive, the SATA is present in MY COMPUTER and Device Manager.Hope this is making sense to thhose interested.
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Darnit Oracle, I can't argue with that logic. ;-)
I'm afraid you confused me, Rogerb. What is the problem?
You say that you boot ok from the PATA drive and you see the SATA drive in My Computer. I don't see the problem.
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Aegis....Sata drive not recognised in BIOS boot order menu, therefore can't boot from it....
To anyone wondering why I have purchased a SATA drive (I wonder myself now).........I thought my mainboard had a SATA controller built in, ordered a SATA drive off the net (future proofin?). Then I found it didn't, ordered a SATA add card as it would work out cheaper and quicker than returning drive.
If all else fails it will be going on Ebay! I stick with it a day or two longer tho....Its a steep learning curve...
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I've been reading this link http://save-privacy.de/tut/VT6410.html but it sounds a bit dicey and the the last bit a unclear...can you flash a .BIN I thought the updates were all .ROMs? Is this a blind alley?
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OK, got it rogerb.
When you said you booted from the PATA drive and saw the SATA in My Computer, I thought you had decided to go with my advice and use the PATA as the OS drice.
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To all ..... I bit the bullet and flashed the modified BIOS as per link in Response no 9.....and it appears to have worked....i.e. the SATA drive appears in BIOS menu. I am starting another Windows installation and all appears to be going well as after the first reboot the installation has continued! I am quietly confident this as solved my problem.It may not be THE answer but it has worked for me!
I hope this may be of use to others... but as they say, if your not confident or can't stand a loss, leave well alone....or get a PATA drive!
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