SATA hard drives

sillywabbit · 10-01-2007, 12:30 PM

hi all, this is my first time trying to use a sata drive for drive C:\, I'm trying to install win xp on it; it copies all the files to the hard disk, but when it reboots to setup, I get a critical stop with an unmountable boot volume error; I changed sata drives but get same message, can someone please tell me what's going on here

Btw, it's a western digital sata drive

dai · 10-01-2007, 12:44 PM

the inicial install goes into ram and it hands over to the hard drive on the first reboot
it sounds like you need to install a driver with f6 when it asks when you start the install

sillywabbit · 10-01-2007, 01:00 PM

yes, I tried F6, but it will only let me install from a floppy drive; I figured I'd copy the sata driver from the cd- rom to a floppy, but cannot find it. Wait, I just tried with an IDE drive and I get the same error; IDE drivers never needed a driver:(

dai · 10-01-2007, 01:07 PM

disconnect the sata drive while trying to install to the ide drive

sillywabbit · 10-01-2007, 02:54 PM

yes, the sata drive is completely out.

dai · 10-02-2007, 09:48 AM

check you can see the ide drive listed correctly in the bios
if not check you are using an 80 wire ide cable and the jumpers are set correctly on the back of the drive

10-01-2007, 12:30 PM	#1 (permalink)
sillywabbit Registered User Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 3 OS: winxp pro	SATA hard drives hi all, this is my first time trying to use a sata drive for drive C:\, I'm trying to install win xp on it; it copies all the files to the hard disk, but when it reboots to setup, I get a critical stop with an unmountable boot volume error; I changed sata drives but get same message, can someone please tell me what's going on here Btw, it's a western digital sata drive

10-01-2007, 12:44 PM	#2 (permalink)
dai Manager, Hardware Forums Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: west australia Posts: 53,771 OS: vista 32x 64x ultimate retail	Re: SATA hard drives the inicial install goes into ram and it hands over to the hard drive on the first reboot it sounds like you need to install a driver with f6 when it asks when you start the install __________________

10-01-2007, 01:00 PM	#3 (permalink)
sillywabbit Registered User Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 3 OS: winxp pro	Re: SATA hard drives yes, I tried F6, but it will only let me install from a floppy drive; I figured I'd copy the sata driver from the cd- rom to a floppy, but cannot find it. Wait, I just tried with an IDE drive and I get the same error; IDE drivers never needed a driver:(

10-01-2007, 01:07 PM	#4 (permalink)
dai Manager, Hardware Forums Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: west australia Posts: 53,771 OS: vista 32x 64x ultimate retail	Re: SATA hard drives disconnect the sata drive while trying to install to the ide drive __________________

10-01-2007, 02:54 PM	#5 (permalink)
sillywabbit Registered User Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 3 OS: winxp pro	Re: SATA hard drives yes, the sata drive is completely out.

10-02-2007, 09:48 AM	#6 (permalink)
dai Manager, Hardware Forums Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: west australia Posts: 53,771 OS: vista 32x 64x ultimate retail	Re: SATA hard drives check you can see the ide drive listed correctly in the bios if not check you are using an 80 wire ide cable and the jumpers are set correctly on the back of the drive __________________