Can't Install WinXP

We are trying to install Windows XP but it will not see our SATA hard drive. What would cause this and how should we go about fixing it?

Thanks.

 

when you first start to install and it says to press f6 to install any 3rd party drivers are you popping in your floppy with the sata drivers

 

I tried that, but it only allows drivers from a floppy, and my drivers are on my motherboard CD, which I can't copy to a floppy

I went to the motherboard web site, but I didn't see a listing for just the SATA drivers. Guess I'll have to hunt them down some other way....

 

go to the h/d manufacturers web site for them

 

OK good idea

Thanks dai

 

Put the drivers on the floppy. When I go to use it I get an error message saying txtsetup.oem could not be found. I don't know where it's getting that file name from, because it has nothing to do with my SATA drivers. It also doesn't give me the option to select setup.exe. So I don't know what I can do now, maybe look for some other kind of drivers

 

what brand of drive

 

It is a 160 Gig Seagate Barracuda SATA drive, which you can see by clicking Here.

 

http://www.seagate.com/support/kb/disc/faq/sata_detect.html
check your manual ther must be a way to extract them from the m/b setup disk

 

There is, and those were the drivers that did not work yesterday

It just kept asking for that file txtsetup.oem file.

 

http://www.tech-hints.com/oem.html

 

OK Thanks! We got it

BTW - I was on the phone today with Microsoft, and they told me that the problem I am having was caused from using Partiton Magic, which causes drive overlay

I'll never use Partition Magic again!

Anyway thanks for those other files