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SATA AHCI Support in Windows XP Professional SP3 x86

I'm building a PC for my friend. It will have Windows XP Pro SP3 x86 on one drive and Windows 7 x64 on another. Both these drives are going to be SATA, because that's what I have to use, along with an IDE DVD drive. The motherboard is an ASRockN68C-GS FX. XP will probably be thrown on and updated, with some kind of virus protection just in case. I was wondering where I could get the drivers to load during setup so it will recognize the drives.
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Just place the files in the XP_RAID folder on a floppy and when Windows setup just starts it will ask you about adding mass storage controllers. Press F6 quick before it moves on. Later on a screen will come asking you to pick the drivers.

Let me know if it works. I know it works with regular floppies but don't know anything about trying it with USB floppies.

Here's some screenies...




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Last updated March 6, 2024 Views 11,208 Applies to: