Installing WinXP Pro with SATA drives

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Installing WinXP Pro with SATA drives

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sport9155

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09-04-2007 at 01:52:50 AM

I am trying to install windows XP Pro on a Dell Dimension 9200 with SATA drives. I have tried the F6 but I don't have a floppy drive, is there a way to use a USB thumb drive, to provide the SATA driver?

Derek

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Zoron

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09-04-2007 at 04:40:54 AM

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I don't believe it's possible with XP... your best bet is a USB floppy drive.

suvayanr

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09-04-2007 at 05:08:13 PM

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Or if you have an old floppy drive, you could connect it inside your computer and use that if you don't have a usb floppy

EvilPhin

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10-28-2007 at 08:31:49 AM

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I had exactly the same problem and busted out the USB floppy drive to try and fix this as others had suggested. The solution turns out to be much easier, but I didn't find that out until I'd spent an evening trying different drivers for Dell & Intel's site for SATA. Then I came across this on another message board:

To fix the problem, go into the BIOS (F2 on most Dells), go down to the harddrive section and change the SATA configuration to Autodetect. This should allow you to complete the installation.

Not sure why this works, but it does.

Hopefully that works for you.

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