My computer has a SATA hard disk, and a VIA VT8237 south bridge(built-in >SATA controller). > but the winXP installment CD do not include the driver for this SATA> controller. > When i installing the winXP, i need a floppy disk drive to load this SATA...

zoron, I really appreciate your input. The only way I can put the Sata Drive in the old computer would be to buy a Sata card for the old computer. That seems a little redundant to me as the old computer will no longer be used. But if it is the only way I...

install. You'll be asked to insert the Win 98 CD to prove you own a previous version of Windows. Grumpy I think he wants to instal 98 on his computer. For Sata I don't think 98 would work with it. XP you need to hit F6 to instal raid dirvers or you'll get...

one or both of the computers. Thus my suggestion of installing the drive in the XP computer. Kerry > -- > Regards, >> Norman >>>> Norman >>>> I usually install the hard drive from the old computer in the new >>computer>> to copy the...

it be a better idea to go with SATA drives instead of SCSI? The computer has SATA drive support as well and it seems like these days the performance benefit to the SCSI drives is minimal, if at all? I can get a 2TB SATA for under $200, which is incredible to...

channel. Assume that is two drives. 7. I asked that a floppy drive be put in.....Dell has stopped installing them, for instance. The rest is the usual Pentium things and I guess I will use the monitor and speakers from this computer. An LCD flat...

If you are looking just to move documents: Turn off Computer Disconnect Power Connect SATA drive to new computer with SATA Cable and SATA Power Power up computer Vista should automatically install drivers and detect drive You can then browse the files,...

Unable to detect slave PATA HDD. Hi, To backup my files on my old Windows XP computer (which uses PATA HDD) to my new Windows 7 computer (which has SATA HDD set as primary), I took out the HDD from the old computer and installed it on one of the IDE port...

times but it's not working :( You need a floppy disk with the SATA drivers on them. Thats the only other way. Go to another computer, get the SATA drivers and then it should have a program to make a disk with the drivers on it. Once done you start the XP...

to load SATA drivers (whether you know what they are or not) to >install Windows is not a Dell specific issue. Any computer with SATA>harddrives requires this. It has nothing to do with being a Dell. No, I cannot fault them for having used SATA drives,...