A8V Delux and SATA - WHICH DRIVER :0( ???

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Hi all

I really hope you can help me out here. I'm trying to install Windows XP on
to my new machine. I have a single SATA drive plugged in to the SATA1 black
connector on the motherboard and a DVD on the IDE connector. I have no wish
for RAID or anything like that so I have disabled the Promise controller in
the BIOS. My problem is I have no idea which makedisk.exe to use from the
setup CD so I can install XP on to the single SATA drive. Can anyone please
give me basic step by step instructions and file locations etc to allow me
to do a fresh install?

Any help very much appreciated.

TIA

Richard

 

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"Rich Keeling" <r1chard.IHATESPAMMERSkeeling@ntlworld.com> wrote in message
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> Hi all
>
> I really hope you can help me out here. I'm trying to install Windows XP
> on to my new machine. I have a single SATA drive plugged in to the SATA1
> black connector on the motherboard and a DVD on the IDE connector. I have
> no wish for RAID or anything like that so I have disabled the Promise
> controller in the BIOS. My problem is I have no idea which makedisk.exe
> to use from the setup CD so I can install XP on to the single SATA drive.
> Can anyone please give me basic step by step instructions and file
> locations etc to allow me to do a fresh install?

Use the VIA driver. It's in the following directory on the CD.
\drivers\viaraid\6420raid\driverdisk\makedisk


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"KC Computers" <kc@kc-computers.com> wrote in message
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>
> "Rich Keeling" <r1chard.IHATESPAMMERSkeeling@ntlworld.com> wrote in
> message news:1E8Nd.2178$_a1.448@newsfe1-win.ntli.net...
>> Hi all
>>
>> I really hope you can help me out here. I'm trying to install Windows XP
>> on to my new machine. I have a single SATA drive plugged in to the SATA1
>> black connector on the motherboard and a DVD on the IDE connector. I
>> have no wish for RAID or anything like that so I have disabled the
>> Promise controller in the BIOS. My problem is I have no idea which
>> makedisk.exe to use from the setup CD so I can install XP on to the
>> single SATA drive. Can anyone please give me basic step by step
>> instructions and file locations etc to allow me to do a fresh install?
>
> Use the VIA driver. It's in the following directory on the CD.
> \drivers\viaraid\6420raid\driverdisk\makedisk
>
>
> ---
> Kevin Chalker, Owner KC COMPUTERS
> E-mail: kc@kc-computers.com Web: www.kc-computers.com
> Internet dealer since 1991!!! See WWW.RESELLERRATINGS.COM!!!
>
>

Hi, thanks for replying. I've done that and have a device in Device Manager
under SCSI devices (off the top of my head) an item called VIA RAID driver -
is this the correct one?

Thanks a lot for your help.

Richard

 

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Hi Richard!

Rich Keeling wrote:
> Hi all
>
> I really hope you can help me out here. I'm trying to install Windows XP on
> to my new machine. I have a single SATA drive plugged in to the SATA1 black
> connector on the motherboard and a DVD on the IDE connector. I have no wish
> for RAID or anything like that so I have disabled the Promise controller in
> the BIOS. My problem is I have no idea which makedisk.exe to use from the
> setup CD so I can install XP on to the single SATA drive. Can anyone please
> give me basic step by step instructions and file locations etc to allow me
> to do a fresh install?
>
> Any help very much appreciated.
>
> TIA
>
> Richard
>

Yeah, it says RAID all over the place.
But it's the the same only driver even if you use it as a single disk
(or two as JBOD) without using the RAID feature.

HTH /Ola J

 

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Thanks :0)

"Ola A Johansson" <wheel1@telia.com> wrote in message
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> Hi Richard!
>
> Rich Keeling wrote:
>> Hi all
>>
>> I really hope you can help me out here. I'm trying to install Windows XP
>> on to my new machine. I have a single SATA drive plugged in to the SATA1
>> black connector on the motherboard and a DVD on the IDE connector. I
>> have no wish for RAID or anything like that so I have disabled the
>> Promise controller in the BIOS. My problem is I have no idea which
>> makedisk.exe to use from the setup CD so I can install XP on to the
>> single SATA drive. Can anyone please give me basic step by step
>> instructions and file locations etc to allow me to do a fresh install?
>>
>> Any help very much appreciated.
>>
>> TIA
>>
>> Richard
>
> Yeah, it says RAID all over the place.
> But it's the the same only driver even if you use it as a single disk (or
> two as JBOD) without using the RAID feature.
>
> HTH /Ola J