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MountainDew

17 Dec 2005, 2:10am

Hey guys

im installing service pack 2 on a newly built machine and im having some trouble.

first off, its a AMD 64bit sempron, 1 gig of generic ram, and an 80 gb sata hard drive.

windows xp install went fine (is windows 64bit edition a good idea?)
installed updates, yadda yadda, installed service pack 2.
it installed fine, and at the end it asked to restart. i restarted, and as soon as the windows xp screen shows up it restarts. :scratch:

it will boot in safe mode, in which ive uninstalled service pack 2, but that does me no good.

oh, and a second problem seemed to arise....after a while of messing with it, i figured id just reinstall windows....but when i go to install, it says theres no hard drive installed. the sata hard drive shows up in the bios but not for windows...

any ideas? :confused:

sfleuriet

17 Dec 2005, 2:40am

That sounds very familiar... I had the same problem the first time I tried to install SP2 with my new DFI NF3 motherboard. Someone just told me that some computers just don't like SP2 and doesn't install. I've been fine without it!

profdlp

17 Dec 2005, 2:58am

...after a while of messing with it, i figured id just reinstall windows....but when i go to install, it says theres no hard drive installed. the sata hard drive shows up in the bios but not for windows...

any ideas? :confused:
Are you hitting F6 when you see the prompt at the bottom of the screen for adding drivers when you begin the installation? You'll need a floppy with the SATA driver on it.

MountainDew

17 Dec 2005, 6:22am

Are you hitting F6 when you see the prompt at the bottom of the screen for adding drivers when you begin the installation? You'll need a floppy with the SATA driver on it.

is there any possibility of not using a floppy? id hate to go buy a pack....it seems so....90s..... :rolleyes:

if not, ill give it a go and see if i cant get this thing runnin

thanks for the replys guys

Shorty

17 Dec 2005, 12:40pm

Unfortunately you DO need a floppy drive to load the SATA drivers if the chipset does not have native support :(

Edit:// Just seen you said XP-64! To the best of my knowledge, XP-64 does not need SP2. That's for the 2600 build of XP (32bit Windows) and not the later build (carried over from Windows 2003 server) that is XP-64! :eek:

IDoAsIPlease

19 Dec 2005, 5:06pm