When XP came out in 2001 it only supported EIDE, but my SATA 2 system needs
SATA 2 host adapter drivers to install. My BSOD stop error indicates that my
SATA 2 hard drive (and) controller is not being seen. I even tried running a
USB external floppy drive to load the drivers with the F6 prompt, but you
need a complicated file on the floppy called "oemsetup.info" or something
like that which I have no idea how to create. I haven't been able to get my
32-bit XP to install, but I really wanted to go X64 on this system. I 'm not
100% positive, but I even think that I have the required SATA 2 drivers, but
I can't find a way to use them. I have fought with this thing for weeks and
have almost been in tears, but I know that there is a way that this can be
done! The answer may be complex, but there is a way to do this... Please
help!!!

Totally Stuck <Totally Stuck@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

There is an XP group devoted to hardware problems:

microsoft.public.windowsxp.hardware

Your mobo drivers cd will usually have a file/app to create the raid floppy,
it will also be downloadable from the mobo web site

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TotallyStuck:
First of all, it would *really* help if you would provide some details re
your system...

1. Is this a desktop PC or a laptop/notebook?

2. Is it an OEM machine (Acer, Dell, Gateway, eMachines, etc.)?

3. Do you have any idea of the make & model of the motherboard in your
machine?

4. Do you have the motherboard's installation CD that contains the board's
drivers?

5. Are you using, or do you have, an XP (including SP2 and/or SP3)
installation CD that's a retail version of that operating system or a
non-branded OEM version of the installation CD? Or do you have *only* the
recovery-type CD that might have come with your system?

5. Is the motherboard SATA-capable or is this a capability you later added
through a SATA PCI controller card or some such?

6. You mention the year 2001. Have you been using this machine since that
date? Have you been using it with one or more PATA (non-SATA) HDDs and the
machine has functioned without problems?

7. Is this the first time you installed a SATA HDD in your system? Has it
ever worked with a SATA HDD?

8. And we're talking about a single SATA HDD here, right? This is not some
RAID configuration you're contemplating, right?

9. Has this machine worked at all?

Please...

Provide details re your system and the precise nature of the problem(s)
you're experiencing. What exactly happens when you try to install the XP OS
onto your SATA HDD? The system indicates it can't find a HDD? What?

Describe to us the exact steps you're undertaking to get the XP OS installed
on your SATA HDD and the exact problem(s) you're experiencing in doing so.
Anna