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Reinstalling XP on a SATA hdd

16 Mar 2012 03:27:35 PDT

I like to be prepared for the worse so have researched the process of reinstalling XP on my system. However I discovere ...

16 Mar 2012 20:04:50 PDT

Depending on your specific BIOS, most have the ability change the settings to "Emulate IDE", "Raid Autode ...

17 Mar 2012 12:52:08 PDT

Thanks Grif and Steve for your input.

Although I am reasonably competent with my computers, my experience, knowle ...

18 Mar 2012 03:20:12 PDT

that is not present or enabled in the BIOS. As such, they cannot find SATA drivers for a MB if the BIOS is set to emulat ...

18 Mar 2012 06:57:52 PDT

Hi Steve,

Thanks for your continued interest and helpful suggestions. Apologies for the typo in my last post (ha ...

18 Mar 2012 08:42:08 PDT

This is something I've been able to do with other hardware that installed only with other software that I did not want. ...

18 Mar 2012 10:00:03 PDT

Thanks Steve, I will report back when there are any significant developments. ...

25 Mar 2012 12:06:15 PDT

Further research relating to my motherboard revealed that is was manufactured by MSI for Packard Bell following Packard ...

16 Mar 2012 03:41:44 PDT

but you do need to get them on a floppy. XP won't accept them from a CD. Some MB driver disks did come with a "make ...

16 Mar 2012 06:59:47 PDT

Thanks for your reply Steve. Unfortunately I do not have a disk for my motherboard. The SATA HDD in my computer is the ...

16 Mar 2012 08:00:52 PDT

Wherever you got the info stating that the SATA driver was available, then get it. You should be able to get the driver ...

16 Mar 2012 13:04:01 PDT

Thanks for your input Willy.

The Via P4M890 includes the VT8237A South Bridge controller suite for which the manu ...

16 Mar 2012 14:16:38 PDT

Look here...It appears to be the MB manual