P4P800S Trying to install Win2000 on single SATA Drive

jrczekaj · 12-03-2004, 01:01 PM

I have a system with an ASUS P4P800S motherboard and a single Western Digital 120GB SATA hard drive in a removable drive bay. I am trying to install Windows 2000 Pro on this drive. The installation proceeds normally until it tries to startup Windows. The system hangs there. I have another Western Digital 120 GB hard drive that I was able to successfully install Windows XP on without needing any additional drivers or such. Could someone please shed some light on how I should proceed? I appreciate any/all advice.

Javora · 12-04-2004, 06:11 AM

Since you were able to load WinXP without SATA drivers you should also be able to load Win2000 without SATA drivers as well. I'm wondering if the removable drive bay is messing things up??? It shouldn't have any effect but then again stranger things have happened. I would suggest connecting the drive directly to the motherboard and see if there is any difference. Also have you tried to boot into safe mode? If you did what were the results? Can you boot the system with the Win2000 CD? Give that a try and myself or someone else from here will go from there. Hope this helps.

jrczekaj · 12-04-2004, 09:54 AM

Thanks Javora for your help.

I took your suggestion and tried the installation with the SATA drive connected directly to the motherboard (instead of using the drive bay) and I achieved the same results. The BIOS recognizes the drive, the Windows 2000 setup program loads all the installation files onto the drive, but when it goes to start Windows 2000, it hangs there. BTW, I am booting the machine from the Windows 2000 installation CD.

If you or anyone else has an idea on what the next step should be, I'll be anxiously awaiting to read your reply.

Thanks again to all.

dai · 12-04-2004, 10:26 AM

check the jumpers if it is a western digital drive being used as a single master it usually has the jumper removed unless they have changed the configuration on the sata drive

jrczekaj · 12-04-2004, 10:46 AM

Thanks dai,

I removed the one jumper that came with the drive. I did the same with SATA drive I installed Windows XP Pro on and it is functioning properly.

Anything else to try?

dai · 12-04-2004, 11:16 AM

have you installed the sata drivers
can you see it in disk management i am still installing ide drives so i haven't got my hands on a sata drive as yet
check 1-23 and 2-14 in your manual

jrczekaj · 12-04-2004, 02:48 PM

dai,

I checked the pages in the P4P800S manual you suggested, and my BIOS is correctly configured for SATA [Onboard IDE Operate Mode = Enhanced Mode, Enhanced Mode Support On = S-ATA]. The CD that came with the motherboard does NOT have any SATA drivers on it that I can find. If there is somewhere specific I should look for them, please advise.

Thanks

dai · 12-05-2004, 10:04 AM

cannot find anything on loading driver,so come to the conclusion it does not need them
is xp on your C drive and was this the first operating system loaded and can you boot from it
i am thinking along the lines of the mbr being the problem

jrczekaj · 12-05-2004, 11:37 AM

Thanks for the reply dai,

WinXP is on my C: drive, however, the drive that I am trying to install Windows 2000 Pro on is a C: drive as well. Both of these hard drives are in removable bays, and I am only using one of them at a time. I need Win2K to run certain applications that do not fare well under WinXP.

Any other advice is certainly appreciated.

Thanks.

dai · 12-05-2004, 11:50 AM

i have no expierence with external drives,when you say you are not using the other drive do you mean it is removed from the caddy

jrczekaj · 12-06-2004, 07:13 AM

dai,

The Western Digital SATA HD I have is an internal drive mounted inside a removal drive bay. I have only one removable drive bay steup in my system. The SATA port on the motherboard is connected to the removable drive bay. I have two caddies - one has the SATA drive that has WinXP installed on it; the other has the SATA drive I'm trying to install Windows 2000 on. Only one of these drives can be in use at a time.

Hope this clears up your confusion.

If there is anyone else out there that can shed some light on my problem, I would appreciate your response.

Thanks to all.

**idtent** · 12-07-2004, 11:22 AM

Try this from asus if you have the deluxe board:
http://www.asus.com/support/faq/qanda.aspx?KB_ID=87259

You will have to goto
http://www.intel.com and find the driver there.

If it is not the deluxe???

johnwill · 12-07-2004, 04:06 PM

I didn't have to load any drivers for my Soyo board with SATA on-board, don't know why you'd need to unless this is a RAID controller.

12-03-2004, 01:01 PM	#1 (permalink)
jrczekaj Registered User Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 6 OS: Windows XP Service Pack 2	P4P800S Trying to install Win2000 on single SATA Drive I have a system with an ASUS P4P800S motherboard and a single Western Digital 120GB SATA hard drive in a removable drive bay. I am trying to install Windows 2000 Pro on this drive. The installation proceeds normally until it tries to startup Windows. The system hangs there. I have another Western Digital 120 GB hard drive that I was able to successfully install Windows XP on without needing any additional drivers or such. Could someone please shed some light on how I should proceed? I appreciate any/all advice.

12-04-2004, 09:54 AM	#3 (permalink)
jrczekaj Registered User Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 6 OS: Windows XP Service Pack 2	Install Direct to HD Didn't Work Thanks Javora for your help. I took your suggestion and tried the installation with the SATA drive connected directly to the motherboard (instead of using the drive bay) and I achieved the same results. The BIOS recognizes the drive, the Windows 2000 setup program loads all the installation files onto the drive, but when it goes to start Windows 2000, it hangs there. BTW, I am booting the machine from the Windows 2000 installation CD. If you or anyone else has an idea on what the next step should be, I'll be anxiously awaiting to read your reply. Thanks again to all.

12-04-2004, 10:46 AM	#5 (permalink)
jrczekaj Registered User Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 6 OS: Windows XP Service Pack 2	No jumpers Thanks dai, I removed the one jumper that came with the drive. I did the same with SATA drive I installed Windows XP Pro on and it is functioning properly. Anything else to try?

12-04-2004, 02:48 PM	#7 (permalink)
jrczekaj Registered User Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 6 OS: Windows XP Service Pack 2	No SATA drivers dai, I checked the pages in the P4P800S manual you suggested, and my BIOS is correctly configured for SATA [Onboard IDE Operate Mode = Enhanced Mode, Enhanced Mode Support On = S-ATA]. The CD that came with the motherboard does NOT have any SATA drivers on it that I can find. If there is somewhere specific I should look for them, please advise. Thanks

12-05-2004, 11:37 AM	#9 (permalink)
jrczekaj Registered User Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 6 OS: Windows XP Service Pack 2	XP on C Thanks for the reply dai, WinXP is on my C: drive, however, the drive that I am trying to install Windows 2000 Pro on is a C: drive as well. Both of these hard drives are in removable bays, and I am only using one of them at a time. I need Win2K to run certain applications that do not fare well under WinXP. Any other advice is certainly appreciated. Thanks.

12-04-2004, 06:11 AM	#2 (permalink)
Javora Registered User Join Date: Aug 2003 Posts: 182 OS: Win2000/XP	Since you were able to load WinXP without SATA drivers you should also be able to load Win2000 without SATA drivers as well. I'm wondering if the removable drive bay is messing things up??? It shouldn't have any effect but then again stranger things have happened. I would suggest connecting the drive directly to the motherboard and see if there is any difference. Also have you tried to boot into safe mode? If you did what were the results? Can you boot the system with the Win2000 CD? Give that a try and myself or someone else from here will go from there. Hope this helps.

12-04-2004, 10:26 AM	#4 (permalink)
dai Manager, Hardware Forums Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: west australia Posts: 56,267 OS: win 7 32x 64x rtm	check the jumpers if it is a western digital drive being used as a single master it usually has the jumper removed unless they have changed the configuration on the sata drive

12-04-2004, 11:16 AM	#6 (permalink)
dai Manager, Hardware Forums Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: west australia Posts: 56,267 OS: win 7 32x 64x rtm	have you installed the sata drivers can you see it in disk management i am still installing ide drives so i haven't got my hands on a sata drive as yet check 1-23 and 2-14 in your manual

12-05-2004, 10:04 AM	#8 (permalink)
dai Manager, Hardware Forums Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: west australia Posts: 56,267 OS: win 7 32x 64x rtm	cannot find anything on loading driver,so come to the conclusion it does not need them is xp on your C drive and was this the first operating system loaded and can you boot from it i am thinking along the lines of the mbr being the problem

12-05-2004, 11:50 AM	#10 (permalink)
dai Manager, Hardware Forums Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: west australia Posts: 56,267 OS: win 7 32x 64x rtm	i have no expierence with external drives,when you say you are not using the other drive do you mean it is removed from the caddy

12-06-2004, 07:13 AM	#11 (permalink)
jrczekaj Registered User Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 6 OS: Windows XP Service Pack 2	Only one hd is in use at a time dai, The Western Digital SATA HD I have is an internal drive mounted inside a removal drive bay. I have only one removable drive bay steup in my system. The SATA port on the motherboard is connected to the removable drive bay. I have two caddies - one has the SATA drive that has WinXP installed on it; the other has the SATA drive I'm trying to install Windows 2000 on. Only one of these drives can be in use at a time. Hope this clears up your confusion. If there is anyone else out there that can shed some light on my problem, I would appreciate your response. Thanks to all.

12-07-2004, 11:22 AM	#12 (permalink)
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12-07-2004, 04:06 PM	#13 (permalink)
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