[Ham-Computers] XP with SATA Harddrive

[Philip, KO6BB]

Loren,

This machine (a custom built Systemax with a P4 dual core) has all SATA 
drives in it (2 70GB drives and a 325 GB one) and XP has never had a problem 
recognizing any of them.  If fact, I once had to load the entire operating 
system from scratch, using the bootable XP CD and there wasn't any problem.

Note:  XP has even found SATA drives that I had connected but not selected 
in the BIOS setup.

So, it sounds to me like you have something else going on.

73 de Phil,  KO6BB
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Loren Moline WA7SKT" <lmoline at hotmail.com>


Hello,

I got a Compaq C700 laptop for Christmas and it has Vista on it. I want to 
install XP on it so I can use all of my radio software.

Xp will not recognize a SATA drive and I don't have a floppy drive in the 
laptop. Does anyone know how I can install XP on this laptop by getting it 
to recognize the HD? Thanks!

Loren WA7SKT