SATA help please

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new install, i have a maxtor 160 gig sata drive trying to install win2k.
drive is seen in bios. do the win install i hit F6 to install 3rd party
drives works fine win copys files to HD but when it goes to reboot to finsh
install seems to lose sata drive agin . just wont complete the install any
ideas suree would help. also tried to use maxblaster 3 floopy disk , from
web but disk hangs ! thx for any help

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Is the SATA set up as 1st or 2nd boot device in the BIOS???
peter
"JAMES K. LEACH" <jameskleach@mchsi.com> wrote in message
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> new install, i have a maxtor 160 gig sata drive trying to install win2k.
> drive is seen in bios. do the win install i hit F6 to install 3rd party
> drives works fine win copys files to HD but when it goes to reboot to finsh
> install seems to lose sata drive agin . just wont complete the install any
> ideas suree would help. also tried to use maxblaster 3 floopy disk , from
> web but disk hangs ! thx for any help
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