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Windows Server 2003 install cannot see my SATA hard drive
Currently, I have XP Home installed on my Dimension 8400 with 160gb SATA hard drive. I wanted to upgrade to Windows 2003 Server. I was going to do a fresh install. The setup for 2003 said it cannot see any hard disks. I assume this has something to do with the SATA hard drive... I need to know how to get the setup to see my hard drive. Server 2003 didn't work, so I put the XP Pro cd I have in to see if it could see the hard drive, and same result.
What can I do to get the setup to see my hard drive? Is it a configuration in the Bios? It is set to auto recognize the drive...
Thanks in advance!
Daddyjaxx
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March 26th, 2005 22:00
You need the SATA drivers on a floppy. Look in the downloads section for the drivers. Windows setup asks if you need to add a SCSI driver. When it asks, press F6 with the driver floppy in.
kaspar139
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March 26th, 2005 23:00
ericholtman
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April 5th, 2005 16:00
If I *need* a floppy, can I just cannibalize one from an older machine here (i.e. is there somewhere on that motherboard to plug one in?
Thanks,
Eric.
kaspar139
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April 5th, 2005 17:00
ericholtman
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April 6th, 2005 12:00
Am I giving up anything performance-wise by doing this? Seems easier than messing around with installing a floppy drive just to get the OS installed.
Thanks,
Eric.
kaspar139
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April 6th, 2005 14:00
I cannibalized because it was my understanding that you need the AHCI enabled for RAID configuration. If you are NOT going to use a RAID array, then to my knowledge, you didn't lose anything... that is the ultimate question I was trying to determine before. The Dell support group told me for "floppyless"... ah heck, here's the link :smileyhappy:
Anyway, hope this helps!
d-rick
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May 21st, 2005 16:00
kaspar139
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May 21st, 2005 21:00
d-rick
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May 21st, 2005 22:00
i went and bought a usb floppy. after a LOT of messing around, i got all the files needed and put them on the floppy, worked great.
Honeygem
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October 31st, 2017 22:00
Yep this is the answer use ATA for 2003 server on dell laptops