SATA install again

SATA is the same as loading a raid or scsi driver during the first part of the install. There is just a few seconds when you are able to “hit the F6 key” during setup. What errors are you getting? Does setup bring up a menu showing the mass storage device that will be loaded?

As I posted the option to load the drivers is only available for a few seconds so as soon as setup loads and you get the first blue screen; start hitting the F6 key. I have loaded approx 30 boxes with raid / scsi / sata and always was given the menu as to what mass storage device to load. I have had problems with a bad floppy / not reading the driver, etc; however setup always gives the menu.

 

You don't need to have the ATA drive in the boot sequence if it has no O/S on it. The boot order is only for placing devices in sequence for booting the O/S not for which drives are setup in the computer. If you only have one hard drive then it needs to be set as Master - the Slave setting would only be for two IDE drives on the same cable; the SATA drive does not factor into Master/Slave settings.

If you're having trouble in Windows detecting the drive its because it needs to be partitioned and formated. This is done through Administrative Tools/Computer Management. However the drive needs to detected in the BIOS IDE settings - but not in the boot sequence.