Some bioses can make the SATA controller emulate IDE. Check to see if the bios has a "Compatibility Mode" for the SATA controller.
Else, you can use the F6 method or the nLite method already mentioned to get the drivers installed on the system. Good luck! --Matt Ross Ephrata School District ----- Original Message ----- From: Erik Goldoff [mailto:egold...@gmail.com] To: NT System Admin Issues [mailto:ntsysad...@lyris.sunbelt-software.com] Sent: Mon, 14 Dec 2009 11:27:48 -0800 Subject: RE: newer laptop and Windows xp > I have a 3 year old Toshiba Satellite laptop with SATA drive that runs XP , > matter of fact I upgraded the 320gb drive to a 500gb drive and reinstalled > XP just fine. > > > Erik Goldoff > > > IT Consultant > > Systems, Networks, & Security > > > > _____ > > From: Len Hammond [mailto:lenhammo...@gmail.com] > Sent: Monday, December 14, 2009 2:12 PM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: newer laptop and Windows xp > > > Just picked up a new (refurbished) Gateway laptop for a non-profit account I > service. It came with Windows Vista Home Premium. The NP has some Open > license tickets for XP pro and I want to install XP Pro in this device so > that it can join the domain. I made all the Vista disks when I got the > machine and hunted down the XP drivers from the Gateway website. Actually > finding the drivers suggests that XP willrun in the box. > > However: > > When trying to load XP I get the isntall started and then it moves on and > says that it can't load it here. Somewhere, I think I remember reading that > XP won't boot off of a SATA drive. Can anyone verify that? I can't seem to > find any definitive reference at this time, but will continue ot look. > > This site is not yet ready to migrate to Windows 7, and I sure don't want to > introduce Vista there. They also don't, at this time, have a legal license > for Win7, and didn't want to incur that expense at this time. > > Anone have some thoughts about XP on SATA drives? > > Len Hammond > CSI:Hartland > lenhamm...@gmail.com > > > > > > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
