When Windows prompts you (shown at the bottom of screen), press the F6 key to install the third party drivers for the Serial ATA hard drive You do not have a floppy drive Two scenarios are possible: You have a floppy driveĪfter setting the BIOS to boot on the CD-ROM or DVD-ROM, insert the Windows installation CD and follow the steps to install Windows XP. Visit the official website of the manufacturer and download the drivers for the Serial-ATA controller of your motherboard and save them to a floppy disk (if you have one!) after unzipping them. If you still have the manuals, you can refer to it in order to identify the make and model of the motherboard. To do this, it is essential to know the exact model of motherboard. Check out the make/model of motherboardĪbove all, it is necessary to get the latest stable Serial ATA drivers for your motherboard. Windows XP Pro SP2 fares well with SATA drivers, but here is what can be done in cases where the driver is not recognised.
Without proper SATA drivers, installing Windows XP on a SATA hard drive is not possible as SATA mode would have to be disabled in the BIOS to continue with the installation.
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