Computer help part 2

[hardflex]

I have a newer mother board I installed into an old case and installed Win2KPro and brought it up, because that's the only install disk that I have. Recently, I bought a SATA 640 gig drive and installed it. The bios sees the drive, but I can't bring it up in Windows. What do I have to do to get it into Win2K? And if it needs a new Operating System, should I go with XP (which is on my other Desktop) or Vista (which is on my laptop)

Thanks in advance.

[gr8fl4porsche]

2000 and XP do not contain drivers for SATA drives. SATA is newer than the OS's. You have to install them. When you are installing the OS a window pops up asking if you want to install any third party drivers, that is when you can use a thumb drive or disc to add the drivers.

[hardflex]

OK, I was thinking it was something like that. I"ll look for some drivers then . Thanks for the clue. :-)

[slodave]

Not true about 2000 and XP and SATA. 2000 may be an issue with the newest mb's though. You can also create a driver disk and hit F6 at the begging of the install and load any current SATA drivers.

[gr8fl4porsche]

I should have been more specific. Old versions of XP do not contain SATA drivers.

I have an original copy that I still use that did not contain SATA drivers so I slipstreamed in the drivers and made a new copy. Modern versions of XP, especially versions which contain SP1 and SP2, may have the proper drivers.

[Scott R]

Another option is to make a new windows 2000 cd that contains the needed S-ATAA/AHCI drivers. Handy little utility can do this called "nlite." (vlite for vista)

http://www.nliteos.com/

I always try and slip the drivers and service packs I need into my OS media, just so much easier. I never have to try and locate a floppy or disks anymore.