I have just put together a new PC of the following specification:
Abit AX8
Athlon 64 3700+ San Diego
Sapphire X800XL 256MB
1024MB Corsair Value Kit
80Gb Seagate Barracuda SATA150 7200RPM
Windows XP Home
I have just come to install windows and it did not detect the hard disk giving this screen:
However this screen clearly shows the existence of the hard drive:
Having seen this I realised I had forgotten to install the SATA drivers and so I got the floppy disk provided with my motherboard and proceeded to the installation area of the windows install. However, this was to no avail. I got the following screen:
Whenever enter was pressed windows "searched for drivers" and then returned to the same screen with no change. I read on the internet that moving the driver files out of their folders into the root of the floppy disk would help. This also did not provide the solution. I am now contemplating whether I have made a simple mistake or whether one or more of the components is faulty. If it is of any use, some of the characters (for I have noticed it to be the same particular ones) are replaced by dots. This phenomena can be seen in the screenshots.
Any ideas as to what is wrong?


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I am going to have to hazard a guess that you mean the SATA controller, that being VIA which I understand is not incorporated in the Windows drivers?
