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Windows XP install problem
Put your DVD drive on IDE 2 have it set to master and connect it to the end of it's ribbon cable. Enter the motherboard BIOS and make sure it's detecting DO NOT HIT ANY KEY it will continue and boot from your hard drive. Once WinXP is up and running then install your VIA 4 in 1 drivers, Sound drivers and any

win xp problem
To clear up some things: This is a fresh install, not upgrading XP I was not installing anything nor installing. This was a new build PC. Brand new shiny HD with nothing on. The install started, ieVistastarted loading off the DVD, then popped up a message saying it needed drivers for the DVD drive.

Problems installing Vista on SATA drive as third master drive
Have reinstalled Vista and all was well (both LG - IDE and Samsung DVD - SATA burners were reading discs) and then bang! Freeze. At the time I was ripping a RAM disc from the Samsung drive to the hard drive, and then inserted a DVD into the LG drive. As soon as the LG spun up the system froze.

2nd Hard Disk in a PC
On that machine I also have a Plextor DVD drive; A SATA PX716SA. I used to be able to boot from the SCSI cdrom drive by using the boot menu. to boot from a floppy, IDE CDROM, IDE hard drive, all of which are connected to the Southbridge, that is where I would want to install devices that "just have to work".

Slow software installation
If you run Vista setup from the XP desktop and simply select your desired partition for installation your disk drive lettering will align between the two .... I added a new sata hard drive, and installed Vista on it. Now, I do not get an option when I boot to choose wich OS to boot to, it only boots into Vista.

Desparate!!! please help BSOD on install
Its possible that your mobo requires you to install sata/raid drivers from floppy during the installation/repair of winxp Install the disk on the ide drive, We've only now discovered that the board had 1 IDE port and he only has an ATA HD plus a dvd drive and cd burner. So, he bought a IDE to SATA adaptor so he

Installed Vista dual boot, think I screwed up!
I've already fine tuned the BIOS to boot from the DVD drive, then the floppy, and finally the Seagate SATA hard drive. I burned my DVD with Roxio Easy CD & DVD Creator 6.0 in "Disc Creator Classic" mode. I am able to start the autorun feature, under Windows XP Professional, of the install DVD which tells you to

Reinstall Windows
The only devices that you must have enabled when running Setup are the CD/DVD drive and the HD that you want to hold the System Partition (holding NTLDR, enter to install windows and pressed f6 when prompted to install my sata driver. if i dont do this the pc says i dont have any hd's and so cant install

Dual booting Vista Ultimate 64 bit with XP Pro
I've used the motherboard CD to install SATA drivers and they are 64-bit ready, the drivers on the manufacterer's site are the same version. I was thinking maybe it's to do with the fact that when installing software I'm essentially copying large files from my DVD drive to my hard drive.

I need help Bad with VISTA Home Premium 64
Also, be sure that the DVD drive is recognized in the POST (power on self test). As for the hard drive, did you (1) erase/overwite files, Hello, I am performing a clean install of Windows XP Home Edition Upgrade w/SP2 included that I just bought. Shortly after I insert the CD I get a STOP: 0x0000006F

Cannot install any hardware
ECS AMD690GM-M2 motherboard, Athlon64 4000 processor, 1Gb RAM, 160GB SATAII hard drive, and Samsung Sata DVD. Major problems installing Mandriva 2008.0. In fairness, it works better than Knoppix 5.1.1 which could not get to a command line for love or money. Here is what I did: 1. Wired the system together. 2.

USB/DVD Failure
The Vista OS is an OEM and a new install, not an upgrade. Has been working okay since I had it but trying to attach the Freecom external HD has really messed it Tried to do a repair via installation disc in the DVD drive but no improvement. Now none of the USBs are working, nor can I see the two hard drives in

New install of Vista
I just can not figure out how to get the system/HD up and running to install WinXP..... Best regards Tony K. Here is the text of winXP installation procedure Put your Windows NT/2000/XP CD into the CD-ROM/DVD drive, or the NT/2000/XP boot diskette #1 in the floppy drive if your system cannot boot from the CD.

Install 500GB HD
Now that being said I cannot get VISTA to load on anything but an IDE hard drive I have left over from an older sytem, only 30 GB. After the initial loading of the temp software, (on SATA or SATA RAID) I get a message that the driver is missing for the DVD/CD drive (SATA) and to install it.

A7V8X Drive Assignment & Raid Questions
You need to obtain the drivers for your controller, create a floppy with the drivers, and when you are installing Windows XP it will ask you to press F6 if you But I assume this only refers to the IDE drives, and not the SATA drives. I tried changing this over, and put the DVD drive on the Secondary master,

adding 2n HD effects drive letters
Also, if you are not running XP SP2, then you need to install the XP SATA drivers for the device. Microsoft did not begin including their required SATA driver I'm trying to add a 500GB SATA II drive to my exixting 2 IDE drives on a P5W DH Deluxe. IDE's are master/slave on the JMicron PRI EIDE port, DVD drive is

SATA DVD not recognized
And especially strange is that the only HD is conected as the second slave. Should not be a real problem, but strage nontheless. My PC came with a SATA drive YaST doesn't know my DVD drive exists, which means that I can't install anything from my SuSE 9.3 DVD/CD set. YOU won't let me change the kernel (that

DVD drive not detected on GA-G33-DS3R
Hello, I'm hoping that someone can help me here, I've got a brand new machine that I've just built, and I am having no end of trouble installing. First off, Machine specs Asus M2n32-sli deluxe motherboard, AMD FX-62 Processor 4Gb Corsair RAM Samsung 200GB SATA Hard Drive Pioneer DVD RW DL DVD Drive Nvidia Nforce

vista ultimate installation wont boot
If you attach a hard drive and a CD or DVD rom to that IDE connector, then the hard drive will only transfer data at the slower rate of the CD or DVD rom. You can install 2 SATA hard drives and 2 Parallel ATA devices (can be hard drives, CDROM's, or DVDROM's) Yes, that is what I figured.

Help Installing Vista Clean
I've got it all setup as the primary boot drive. SATA enabled. It's the 2nd to boot up after the DVD drive. I don't have ANYTHING pluged into the ISA-1, Cindy: I assume from your description that the SATA HD is the only HD in your system and that you are attempting to install the XP operating system onto that