Hi guys.... I feel so screwed right now for making the wrong choice.
See, I bought a SATA1 120GB harddrive, for installing windows xp. My motherboard supports SATA1. Anyways, built everything and all and came to installation... But I cannot make a floppy, my motherboard cd/site doesn't have SATA drivers. The motherboard is an... here it comes.... ECS NFORCE4-MA(v1.1) (site: http://www.ecs.com.tw/ECSWeb/Products/ProductsDetail.aspx?DetailID=658&MenuID=132&LanID=9). I looked for SATA drivers on the cd, no luck. On the website, no luck. I looked on nVidia at the nForce drivers, picked nForce 4 (as there is no such thing as an nForce4 4-X as my motherboard has)... but again, failed as windows never picked it up as a SATA driver.
Does anyone, anyone, know where I can find SATA drivers to use on the F6 part for the nForce4 '4-X'? I don't want to buy a new motherboard and redo everything....
See, I bought a SATA1 120GB harddrive, for installing windows xp. My motherboard supports SATA1. Anyways, built everything and all and came to installation... But I cannot make a floppy, my motherboard cd/site doesn't have SATA drivers. The motherboard is an... here it comes.... ECS NFORCE4-MA(v1.1) (site: http://www.ecs.com.tw/ECSWeb/Products/ProductsDetail.aspx?DetailID=658&MenuID=132&LanID=9). I looked for SATA drivers on the cd, no luck. On the website, no luck. I looked on nVidia at the nForce drivers, picked nForce 4 (as there is no such thing as an nForce4 4-X as my motherboard has)... but again, failed as windows never picked it up as a SATA driver.
Does anyone, anyone, know where I can find SATA drivers to use on the F6 part for the nForce4 '4-X'? I don't want to buy a new motherboard and redo everything....
The F6 installation method allows you to install a third-party mass storage driver during Windows* setup. The chart below shows the circumstances in which you must use the F6 installation method during an operating system installation.
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Oct 10, 2011 enable amd sata ahci driver after windows xp install cuethemix. How to add sata drivers to a windows xp installation disc. Install Windows XP from an ISO on a USB drive onto a SATA. You need to install Windows XP or Windows 2003 Server onto PC or server without floppy drive. SATA controller is in AHCI/RAID mode, so you need to use F6.
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Operating system | Total drive volume | F6 installation method |
Windows 8* | Any size | Recommended but not required1 |
Windows 7*, Windows Vista* | Less than 2 terabytes | Recommended but not required1 |
More than 2 terabytes2 | Required | |
Windows XP*, Windows Server 2003* | Less than 2 terabytes | Required |
More than 2 terabytes2 | Required |
1 Windows 7 and Windows Vista both include drivers for RAID/AHCI during installation.
2 For Intel® Desktop Boards, you must first enable UEFI in the BIOS when using total drive volume greater than 2 terabytes. For non-Intel motherboards, refer to the motherboard documentation to verify this requirement.
2 For Intel® Desktop Boards, you must first enable UEFI in the BIOS when using total drive volume greater than 2 terabytes. For non-Intel motherboards, refer to the motherboard documentation to verify this requirement.
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