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Title: Windows XP problems, need help!
Post by: Custom on August 09, 2008, 01:29:13 pm
Hello...
I got some HD problems...
I can install Windows Vista 100% without any problems....
But when I when install Windows XP, it says "Cant detect any Hard Drives, please check if all cables is correctly connected", and blablablabla....
Well as I can install the Windows Vista, is everything correctly connected?
And im 100% sure that theres absulutly NOTHING wrong with the CD.
Can anyone plz help me here?
Thanks.

-Custom
Title: Re: Windows XP problems, need help!
Post by: Watti on August 09, 2008, 01:46:09 pm
the jumper at the back is it in??? if not get one .. wont work with out it...
Title: Re: Windows XP problems, need help!
Post by: Custom on August 09, 2008, 04:25:57 pm
the jumper at the back is it in??? if not get one .. wont work with out it...

I guess everything is in, when I can install Vista?
Title: Re: Windows XP problems, need help!
Post by: Watti on August 09, 2008, 04:27:12 pm
Word from the Idoit... dont
Title: Re: Windows XP problems, need help!
Post by: Custom on August 09, 2008, 04:28:18 pm
Word from the Idoit... dont

WTF Do you mean with that?
Title: Re: Windows XP problems, need help!
Post by: Watti on August 09, 2008, 04:29:44 pm
post ur specs of com
Title: Re: Windows XP problems, need help!
Post by: Custom on August 09, 2008, 04:30:33 pm
1GB Ram, 128MB Graphic Card, 2.8 GHz...
Title: Re: Windows XP problems, need help!
Post by: Custom on August 09, 2008, 04:39:34 pm
I dont want Vista, but I somehow cant install the XP :(
Title: Re: Windows XP problems, need help!
Post by: Neave on August 10, 2008, 03:26:54 am
make sure the power cable to the HDD is pluged in all the way, and the SATA or IDE cable is all the way into the MB and HDD (i had the same problem)
Title: Re: Windows XP problems, need help!
Post by: Caltson on August 10, 2008, 03:36:02 am
write down you motherboard model, Download the Sata RAID driver, put it on a floppy, hit F6 when windows ask for it at the beginning of the installation, and install it... You could also streamline it...

If motherboard vendor doesnt support SATA raid disks, just simply download SIW (system information for windows) and find your chipset, go to via or intel and download it that way..

Good luck :)

Regards, [ALS]Ryan
Title: Re: Windows XP problems, need help!
Post by: Custom on August 10, 2008, 04:10:54 pm
make sure the power cable to the HDD is pluged in all the way, and the SATA or IDE cable is all the way into the MB and HDD (i had the same problem)

They are 100% plugged in correctly.

write down you motherboard model, Download the Sata RAID driver, put it on a floppy, hit F6 when windows ask for it at the beginning of the installation, and install it... You could also streamline it...

If motherboard vendor doesnt support SATA raid disks, just simply download SIW (system information for windows) and find your chipset, go to via or intel and download it that way..

Good luck :)

Regards, [ALS]Ryan

I give it a try... But I think that's too complicated for me :neutral:
Title: Re: Windows XP problems, need help!
Post by: Custom on August 11, 2008, 02:45:58 pm
I found out the problem! I need a SATA Driver. But I need some help to find it... The HD im using is a Maxtor DiamondMax Plus 9 120 GB SATA, and the Model Number is: 6Y120M0
Title: Re: Windows XP problems, need help!
Post by: Caltson on August 11, 2008, 04:39:13 pm
yu dont need sata driver for your HDD, but from your Motherboard's Chipset..
You can get that information by using Everest or SIW.
here a little screenshot to give you a peek where to look.. :
(http://img501.imageshack.us/img501/9324/siwyt4.jpg)

(to get full image, copy and zoom in with any program on the picture)
Title: Re: Windows XP problems, need help!
Post by: Custom on August 11, 2008, 05:17:43 pm
I havent installed any Windows, so I cant check :(
When you click at F6, it says that it want a OEM floppy, wich I dont have, am I able to create one?
Title: Re: Windows XP problems, need help!
Post by: Caltson on August 11, 2008, 05:24:13 pm
Give me the model of your motherboard wich you go to install XP with..  :)
Title: Re: Windows XP problems, need help!
Post by: Custom on August 11, 2008, 08:47:46 pm
Give me the model of your motherboard wich you go to install XP with..  :)

How shall I check it when I dont have any WIndows installed?
Title: Re: Windows XP problems, need help!
Post by: Custom on August 11, 2008, 09:21:46 pm
Ok I got it :)

Motherboard Name: MSI 661FM2-V (MD-7060)
Motherboard Chipset: SiS661FX

The HDD I have is a: Maxtor DiamondMax Plus 9 120 GB SATA, and the Model Number is: 6Y120M0
Title: Re: Windows XP problems, need help!
Post by: Neave on August 12, 2008, 03:23:00 am
there no poitn in installing drivers when you reformat.. when you reinstall a OS, or install one for the first time everything goes into Plug and play mode, meaning they run without drivers (they do, its just that the drivers are hard coded)

the only problem you chould be having is the cable is loose, or somthing is physiclly damaged (probobly the Win XP disc)
Title: Re: Windows XP problems, need help!
Post by: Custom on August 12, 2008, 09:37:13 am
there no poitn in installing drivers when you reformat.. when you reinstall a OS, or install one for the first time everything goes into Plug and play mode, meaning they run without drivers (they do, its just that the drivers are hard coded)

the only problem you chould be having is the cable is loose, or somthing is physiclly damaged (probobly the Win XP disc)

I am 100% sure that the Win XP Disc doesnt fail anything. 100%.
And the cables doesnt fail ANYTHING, im sure!
Title: Re: Windows XP problems, need help!
Post by: Caltson on August 12, 2008, 01:22:22 pm
This is Defenitly the Raid Driver, i experienced several of these problems, since i work as computer engineer in belgium.
Finding the disk driver, put it on a floppy, and push F6 at the beginning of the installation is the only thing i can advise.
I think i found the corresponding driver for your chipset.
LINK :

http://www.gigabyte-drivers.com/gigabyte-drivers-download/Gigabyte-GA-8S661FXM-775(Rev1.x)-SATA-RAID-Driver-4.00a_2082.shtml (http://www.gigabyte-drivers.com/gigabyte-drivers-download/Gigabyte-GA-8S661FXM-775(Rev1.x)-SATA-RAID-Driver-4.00a_2082.shtml)
Title: Re: Windows XP problems, need help!
Post by: Custom on August 12, 2008, 03:02:08 pm
This is Defenitly the Raid Driver, i experienced several of these problems, since i work as computer engineer in belgium.
Finding the disk driver, put it on a floppy, and push F6 at the beginning of the installation is the only thing i can advise.
I think i found the corresponding driver for your chipset.
LINK :

http://www.gigabyte-drivers.com/gigabyte-drivers-download/Gigabyte-GA-8S661FXM-775(Rev1.x)-SATA-RAID-Driver-4.00a_2082.shtml (http://www.gigabyte-drivers.com/gigabyte-drivers-download/Gigabyte-GA-8S661FXM-775(Rev1.x)-SATA-RAID-Driver-4.00a_2082.shtml)

Ok thanks very much!! :D :D
I downloaded the driver, but the problem now is that I dont have any floppy drive :(
Well I have never needed one before now :(
So is there a way to put the driver on a USB flash-drive, or an empty CD, and then make the F6 read from the USB, or the CD ?
Title: Re: Windows XP problems, need help!
Post by: Caltson on August 12, 2008, 03:38:14 pm
uhm.. You can try, but i think it won't work.. Dont you have ANY floppy drive / Floppy disk there?  :(
Title: Re: Windows XP problems, need help!
Post by: Custom on August 12, 2008, 03:55:27 pm
uhm.. You can try, but i think it won't work.. Dont you have ANY floppy drive / Floppy disk there?  :(

Unfortunally no :( I dont have any Floppy Drive :(
What can Floppy Disk do when you dont have any Floppy Drive? :razz:
Title: Re: Windows XP problems, need help!
Post by: Caltson on August 12, 2008, 04:38:41 pm
uhm, doesnt anyone there has a floppy drive wich you can use?  :redface:
Title: Re: Windows XP problems, need help!
Post by: Custom on August 12, 2008, 05:04:31 pm
uhm, doesnt anyone there has a floppy drive wich you can use?  :redface:

I just moved about 300 km away from were I used to live.. So I dont know ANYBODY :(
Title: Re: Windows XP problems, need help!
Post by: Caltson on August 12, 2008, 07:23:56 pm
well i could say u better buy a floppy drive if you know how to install it, otherwise buy an external floppy drive on USB
Title: Re: Windows XP problems, need help!
Post by: Custom on August 12, 2008, 10:46:36 pm
well i could say u better buy a floppy drive if you know how to install it, otherwise buy an external floppy drive on USB

I got a Floppy Drive now, from my uncle, it worked at his computer.. But when I plugged it on my computer, it couldnt read it :(
I couldnt even find the Floppy Drive via the BIOS Settings :(
Title: Re: Windows XP problems, need help!
Post by: Neave on August 12, 2008, 11:16:41 pm
does anybody listen to me?! lol
Title: Re: Windows XP problems, need help!
Post by: Custom on August 12, 2008, 11:24:45 pm
does anybody listen to me?! lol
Yes! And beleive me, the thing Clyde is saying is correct, a RAID Driver is needed, and I have read about it, its just a damn Floppy Drive I need to get to work on the computer.
Title: Re: Windows XP problems, need help!
Post by: Caltson on August 12, 2008, 11:44:21 pm
If you lived in belgium, you could borrow one of my floppy drive collection  :D
Btw what you also can do is streamline it to your windows XP installation.
What you need to do is make a backup of you XP disk, with help IMGBurn or any relevant program.
Then you install nlite, and add a driver to it, insert an empty  CD and  :alert"ta-daa :alert", it has your driver on it..
Title: Re: Windows XP problems, need help!
Post by: Custom on August 13, 2008, 02:54:35 pm
If you lived in belgium, you could borrow one of my floppy drive collection  :D
Btw what you also can do is streamline it to your windows XP installation.
What you need to do is make a backup of you XP disk, with help IMGBurn or any relevant program.
Then you install nlite, and add a driver to it, insert an empty  CD and  :alert"ta-daa :alert", it has your driver on it..

So I can make a IMAGE, like .iso or something, and then use the nLite program, to add the driver on the CD?
Title: Re: Windows XP problems, need help!
Post by: Caltson on August 13, 2008, 05:43:03 pm
just make an ISO of your Windows XP installation Cd, open it with Nlite, add one driver, (yours) and burn them together on the disk  :cool:
Title: Re: Windows XP problems, need help!
Post by: Custom on August 13, 2008, 05:56:14 pm
just make an ISO of your Windows XP installation Cd, open it with Nlite, add one driver, (yours) and burn them together on the disk  :cool:

I just made a ISO of the XP CD, how can I add the driver, by using nLite? :)
Title: Re: Windows XP problems, need help!
Post by: Caltson on August 14, 2008, 12:13:49 am
yup, it gives you an option to add a driver.  :)
Title: Re: Windows XP problems, need help!
Post by: Custom on August 14, 2008, 03:33:28 pm
yup, it gives you an option to add a driver.  :)

I dont argue to do all this man. Im gonna buy another HDD, thats the easiest way to to this.
Title: Re: Windows XP problems, need help!
Post by: Caltson on August 14, 2008, 08:18:36 pm
Don't forget you'll need to buy a HDD on IDE then, Beceause ALL Sata Hdd's will ask for that driver on, your motherboard..  :(
Title: Re: Windows XP problems, need help!
Post by: Custom on August 14, 2008, 08:29:11 pm
Ok :( Thanks for your help :D
Title: Re: Windows XP problems, need help!
Post by: Caltson on August 15, 2008, 09:30:14 pm
NOTE That IDE Hdd"s are slower than their SATA Brothers  :(
Title: Re: Windows XP problems, need help!
Post by: Custom on August 15, 2008, 11:01:28 pm
NOTE That IDE Hdd"s are slower than their SATA Brothers  :(

Sad :(
Title: Re: Windows XP problems, need help!
Post by: Custom on August 17, 2008, 04:42:04 pm
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