SATA Hard drive use as os

[bigdaddy4103]

can someone pls. teach me how to install os in a sata hard drive...i just dont know what to do..coz my board doesnt seems to read the existence of my sata...thnx a lot.... :giddy:

 

[DonNagual]

Did you load up the SATA drivers from the floppy?

In your bios, is the SATA drive showing up?

 

[bigdaddy4103]

the sata doesnt show up in my bios..

 

[Qendiil]

bigdaddy...

im running on my very first SATA drive as well. it isnt running right. i just bought a 10000rpm raptor drive to replace it. i may find out that i have the wrong driver installed to begin with. so the Raptor may not run any faster if i dont get the driver issue resolved 8(

when i installed this drive, my BIOS also did not show a SATA drive installed. it did show a SCSI drive. or a raid array. it showed something else and i believe it was the 3rd drive listed. several times i messed up my bios because i kept selecting the second drive. i finally selected the 3rd one - the one that didnt look right - and saved. after that it listed my sata drive correctly... /shrug

i hope this helps you out. i know for me, so far SATA is a major PAIN 8(

 

[Qendiil]

bigdaddy...

here's another thread for you to check out

http://forums.viaarena.com/messageview.aspx?catid=18&threadid=62336&highlight_key=y&keyword1=880

 

[bigdaddy4103]

thanx for the help guys..!! :chef:

 

[Qendiil]

did any of this help Bigdaddy? problem resolved?