Installation problem on new build

[Lawrence Chong]

I really need help...

I have recently built a gigabyte 770 modo with SATA harddrive.

When I try to reboot with the XP cd to intall, everything went fine but when the system restart in harddrive, it is giving me disc error.....

what is happening

 

[pat mcgroin]

If you have no service pack you need to install the sata drivers for the board.
You must either get them on a floppy and put them in when windows asks or slipstrem SP2 to the windows disk and then it will work.

 

[Toppam]

If you have installed the SATA Drivers (you are prompted to push F6 when installing windows), then it may be an issue with the HDD size.

I should add that my own experience with my Windows XP Pro (Full Version, Retail Boxed) is that it WILL NOT install properly on a 500GB SATA disk. It seems to complete, then just as it's about to run for the first time proper, I get a BSOD. My solution is to create a Primary partition of about 200GB initially. I then complete the installation and load the basic drivers (Video, motherboard etc). Then I use ASEUS PARTITION MANAGER to increase the Primary partition to the full size of the HDD.

A symptom of not having the right SATA drivers is sometimes that the system will not recognise the full size of the disk during the installation.

Can you provide more information?