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  • 11-02-2012 1:24pm
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    ned rierson
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    i am trying to do a clean install and it goes thru the motions until it gets to the restart when it just starts to do it all again from the beginning. in the bios under drives it sees the 2 HDs but in the boot order it says onboard sata not present. i am stumped.
    machine is a dell dimension 9200. xp media centre edition 2005


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    Nothingbetter2d
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    ned rierson wrote: »
    i am trying to do a clean install and it goes thru the motions until it gets to the restart when it just starts to do it all again from the beginning. in the bios under drives it sees the 2 HDs but in the boot order it says onboard sata not present. i am stumped.
    machine is a dell dimension 9200. xp media centre edition 2005

    boot into your bios and set your sata mode to IDE as windows xp setup has problems with sata drive mode set at ahci mode.


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    ned rierson
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    where do i do that ? i cant see anywhere that gives me that option .


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    Nothingbetter2d
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    ned rierson wrote: »
    where do i do that ? i cant see anywhere that gives me that option .

    THE SOLUTION

    Step 1) Boot the Bios (On a DImension 9200, tap F12 immediately after turning on the computer)

    Step 2) Go to "Device Setup"

    Step 3 Scroll down to the "Sata" Heading and go to "Sata Operation."

    Step 4 Change the setting to "RAID Autodetect/ATA."


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    ned rierson
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    Nothingbetter2d wrote: »
    THE SOLUTION

    Step 1) Boot the Bios (On a DImension 9200, tap F12 immediately after turning on the computer)

    Step 2) Go to "Device Setup"

    Step 3 Scroll down to the "Sata" Heading and go to "Sata Operation."

    Step 4 Change the setting to "RAID Autodetect/ATA."

    did that. made no difference. same result. maybe the HDs are knackered. unusual for them both to go


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    ned rierson
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    the thing i cant understand is, in the drives list in the bios it can see both drives but in the boot order it says drives not present. then i put in the xp disc and it sees the size of the drives when it comes to formatting. so it sees it and it doesnt. the xp disc must be loading it somewhere


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    Nothingbetter2d
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    ned rierson wrote: »
    the thing i cant understand is, in the drives list in the bios it can see both drives but in the boot order it says drives not present. then i put in the xp disc and it sees the size of the drives when it comes to formatting. so it sees it and it doesnt. the xp disc must be loading it somewhere

    is the pc able to run win7?

    dump xp and get win7 and you wont have that problem anymore


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    ned rierson
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    i did a reinstall a few years ago with no prob. i dont think xp is the issue. the HD is not present in the boot order. this is before i put the xp disc in.


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    Nothingbetter2d
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    ned rierson wrote: »
    i did a reinstall a few years ago with no prob. i dont think xp is the issue. the HD is not present in the boot order. this is before i put the xp disc in.

    it might be a corrupt mft... do you have another pc that you can test out the drives in?

    you might be able to delete the partitions and recreate them using another pc.


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    ned rierson
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    got it working. really frustrating. thanks for the help


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    ned rierson
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    have the same problem again :confused:


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    Delphi91
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    I came across that problem a few years back.

    As part of the install you can install 3rd party drivers. At this point you need to have the SATA drivers for the HD and install them. I had (and still have!) a floppy drive on the pc and was able to install them from there. After that, the install will continue and XP should be able to see the drive.


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