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10-30-2007
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| | SATA HD is not recognized My Vista Ultimate failed to boot. Every time my computer boots up I got "Boot Disk Failure, Insert System Disk and Press Enter" error. The HD is Western Digital SATA II Caviar SE17 (WD2500KS). I also ran WD's diagnostics utility and no error was found on the disk. When I used Windows Vista DVD and selected "Repair Your Computer" option, Windows did not detect any hard drive partition and operating system. I have another SATA drive, it was also not recognized by Windows Vista. Both drive had Windows Ultimate installed previously. These drives are less than 6 month old, so they can't be damaged. Can someone help? |
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10-30-2007
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| | Re: SATA HD is not recognized When you boot from the Vista DVD you will have to install the requisite SATA drivers to enable the Vista installer to detect your drives. -- Regards, Richard Urban Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User (For email, remove the obvious from my address) "na" <androidsun@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:1193798984.338927.237460@xxxxxx Quote: > My Vista Ultimate failed to boot. Every time my computer boots up I > got "Boot Disk Failure, Insert System Disk and Press Enter" error. > The HD is Western Digital SATA II Caviar SE17 (WD2500KS). I also ran > WD's diagnostics utility and no error was found on the disk. When I > used Windows Vista DVD and selected "Repair Your Computer" option, > Windows did not detect any hard drive partition and operating system. > I have another SATA drive, it was also not recognized by Windows > Vista. Both drive had Windows Ultimate installed previously. These > drives are less than 6 month old, so they can't be damaged. Can > someone help? > |
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10-30-2007
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| | Re: SATA HD is not recognized Thank you for the reply. The SATA drive was previously recognized by Vista without a driver. This drive does not have driver from Western Digital. Thanks. On Oct 30, 11:19 pm, "Richard Urban" <richardurbanREMOVET...@xxxxxx> wrote: Quote: > When you boot from the Vista DVD you will have to install the requisite SATA > drivers to enable the Vista installer to detect your drives. > > -- > > Regards, > > Richard Urban > Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User > (For email, remove the obvious from my address) > > "na" <android...@xxxxxx> wrote in message > > news:1193798984.338927.237460@xxxxxx > Quote: > > My Vista Ultimate failed to boot. Every time my computer boots up I > > got "Boot Disk Failure, Insert System Disk and Press Enter" error. > > The HD is Western Digital SATA II Caviar SE17 (WD2500KS). I also ran > > WD's diagnostics utility and no error was found on the disk. When I > > used Windows Vista DVD and selected "Repair Your Computer" option, > > Windows did not detect any hard drive partition and operating system. > > I have another SATA drive, it was also not recognized by Windows > > Vista. Both drive had Windows Ultimate installed previously. These > > drives are less than 6 month old, so they can't be damaged. Can > > someone help? |
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10-31-2007
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| | Re: SATA HD is not recognized The driver is for the M/B chipset. If you have a Silicon Image chipset, you need drivers for their SATA chipset. If it is by another manufacturer you will need those drivers. If you are successfully booted into Vista the drivers that are installed will be used. If you have not yet booted into Vista, as when you are booting from the DVD - the drivers are inaccessible. Therefore you must supply the drivers which you have placed on a floppy. a CD, a DVD or a USB thumb drive. After you have directed the installer to where you have the drivers the installer will be able to see the drives. You will have to make these drivers available after the first reboot - during the install - also. The first viewing places them in RAM, which is flushed during the reboot. The second viewing copies them to the hard drive where they are used from by the operating system. Note that "some" newer M/B's have the drivers hard encoded into the chipset and you will not have to supply the drivers during setup. -- Regards, Richard Urban Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User (For email, remove the obvious from my address) "na" <androidsun@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:1193801954.210433.13380@xxxxxx Quote: > Thank you for the reply. The SATA drive was previously recognized by > Vista without a driver. This drive does not have driver from Western > Digital. Thanks. > > On Oct 30, 11:19 pm, "Richard Urban" > <richardurbanREMOVET...@xxxxxx> wrote: Quote: >> When you boot from the Vista DVD you will have to install the requisite >> SATA >> drivers to enable the Vista installer to detect your drives. >> >> -- >> >> Regards, >> >> Richard Urban >> Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User >> (For email, remove the obvious from my address) >> >> "na" <android...@xxxxxx> wrote in message >> >> news:1193798984.338927.237460@xxxxxx >> Quote: >> > My Vista Ultimate failed to boot. Every time my computer boots up I >> > got "Boot Disk Failure, Insert System Disk and Press Enter" error. >> > The HD is Western Digital SATA II Caviar SE17 (WD2500KS). I also ran >> > WD's diagnostics utility and no error was found on the disk. When I >> > used Windows Vista DVD and selected "Repair Your Computer" option, >> > Windows did not detect any hard drive partition and operating system. >> > I have another SATA drive, it was also not recognized by Windows >> > Vista. Both drive had Windows Ultimate installed previously. These >> > drives are less than 6 month old, so they can't be damaged. Can >> > someone help? > |
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10-31-2007
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| | Re: SATA HD is not recognized I am confused. I am at the Startup Repair screen. The drive should have been picked up by Vista without a driver. My motherboard is Gigabyte 7NNXP with nForce2. I just inserted the original NVidia CD and found no driver for the SATA drive. My quest is how Vista recognized the SATA driver the last time I installed it, and now it does not recognize it. The lack of a driver does not seem to be the source of problem. On Oct 31, 12:15 am, "Richard Urban" <richardurbanREMOVET...@xxxxxx> wrote: Quote: > The driver is for the M/B chipset. If you have a Silicon Image chipset, you > need drivers for their SATA chipset. If it is by another manufacturer you > will need those drivers. > > If you are successfully booted into Vista the drivers that are installed > will be used. If you have not yet booted into Vista, as when you are booting > from the DVD - the drivers are inaccessible. Therefore you must supply the > drivers which you have placed on a floppy. a CD, a DVD or a USB thumb drive. > After you have directed the installer to where you have the drivers the > installer will be able to see the drives. > > You will have to make these drivers available after the first reboot - > during the install - also. The first viewing places them in RAM, which is > flushed during the reboot. The second viewing copies them to the hard drive > where they are used from by the operating system. > > Note that "some" newer M/B's have the drivers hard encoded into the chipset > and you will not have to supply the drivers during setup. > > -- > > Regards, > > Richard Urban > Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User > (For email, remove the obvious from my address) > > "na" <android...@xxxxxx> wrote in message > > news:1193801954.210433.13380@xxxxxx > Quote: > > Thank you for the reply. The SATA drive was previously recognized by > > Vista without a driver. This drive does not have driver from Western > > Digital. Thanks. Quote: > > On Oct 30, 11:19 pm, "Richard Urban" > > <richardurbanREMOVET...@xxxxxx> wrote: Quote: > >> When you boot from the Vista DVD you will have to install the requisite > >> SATA > >> drivers to enable the Vista installer to detect your drives. Quote: Quote: > >> -- Quote: Quote: > >> Regards, Quote: Quote: > >> Richard Urban > >> Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User > >> (For email, remove the obvious from my address) Quote: Quote: > >> "na" <android...@xxxxxx> wrote in message Quote: Quote: > >>news:1193798984.338927.237460@xxxxxx Quote: Quote: > >> > My Vista Ultimate failed to boot. Every time my computer boots up I > >> > got "Boot Disk Failure, Insert System Disk and Press Enter" error. > >> > The HD is Western Digital SATA II Caviar SE17 (WD2500KS). I also ran > >> > WD's diagnostics utility and no error was found on the disk. When I > >> > used Windows Vista DVD and selected "Repair Your Computer" option, > >> > Windows did not detect any hard drive partition and operating system. > >> > I have another SATA drive, it was also not recognized by Windows > >> > Vista. Both drive had Windows Ultimate installed previously. These > >> > drives are less than 6 month old, so they can't be damaged. Can > >> > someone help? |
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10-31-2007
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| | Re: SATA HD is not recognized When you boot from the DVD Vista is not even running. Therefore the drivers can not be used. Vista, in fact, is invisible to the Vista install DVD until you direct the installed DVD to where you have the drivers. -- Regards, Richard Urban Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User (For email, remove the obvious from my address) "na" <androidsun@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:1193805587.881829.167380@xxxxxx Quote: >I am confused. I am at the Startup Repair screen. The drive should > have been picked up by Vista without a driver. My motherboard is > Gigabyte 7NNXP with nForce2. I just inserted the original NVidia CD > and found no driver for the SATA drive. My quest is how Vista > recognized the SATA driver the last time I installed it, and now it > does not recognize it. The lack of a driver does not seem to be the > source of problem. > > On Oct 31, 12:15 am, "Richard Urban" > <richardurbanREMOVET...@xxxxxx> wrote: Quote: >> The driver is for the M/B chipset. If you have a Silicon Image chipset, >> you >> need drivers for their SATA chipset. If it is by another manufacturer you >> will need those drivers. >> >> If you are successfully booted into Vista the drivers that are installed >> will be used. If you have not yet booted into Vista, as when you are >> booting >> from the DVD - the drivers are inaccessible. Therefore you must supply >> the >> drivers which you have placed on a floppy. a CD, a DVD or a USB thumb >> drive. >> After you have directed the installer to where you have the drivers the >> installer will be able to see the drives. >> >> You will have to make these drivers available after the first reboot - >> during the install - also. The first viewing places them in RAM, which is >> flushed during the reboot. The second viewing copies them to the hard >> drive >> where they are used from by the operating system. >> >> Note that "some" newer M/B's have the drivers hard encoded into the >> chipset >> and you will not have to supply the drivers during setup. >> >> -- >> >> Regards, >> >> Richard Urban >> Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User >> (For email, remove the obvious from my address) >> >> "na" <android...@xxxxxx> wrote in message >> >> news:1193801954.210433.13380@xxxxxx >> Quote: >> > Thank you for the reply. The SATA drive was previously recognized by >> > Vista without a driver. This drive does not have driver from Western >> > Digital. Thanks. Quote: >> > On Oct 30, 11:19 pm, "Richard Urban" >> > <richardurbanREMOVET...@xxxxxx> wrote: >> >> When you boot from the Vista DVD you will have to install the >> >> requisite >> >> SATA >> >> drivers to enable the Vista installer to detect your drives. Quote: >> >> -- Quote: >> >> Regards, Quote: >> >> Richard Urban >> >> Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User >> >> (For email, remove the obvious from my address) Quote: >> >> "na" <android...@xxxxxx> wrote in message Quote: >> >>news:1193798984.338927.237460@xxxxxx Quote: >> >> > My Vista Ultimate failed to boot. Every time my computer boots up I >> >> > got "Boot Disk Failure, Insert System Disk and Press Enter" error. >> >> > The HD is Western Digital SATA II Caviar SE17 (WD2500KS). I also >> >> > ran >> >> > WD's diagnostics utility and no error was found on the disk. When I >> >> > used Windows Vista DVD and selected "Repair Your Computer" option, >> >> > Windows did not detect any hard drive partition and operating >> >> > system. >> >> > I have another SATA drive, it was also not recognized by Windows >> >> > Vista. Both drive had Windows Ultimate installed previously. These >> >> > drives are less than 6 month old, so they can't be damaged. Can >> >> > someone help? > |
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10-31-2007
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| | Re: SATA HD is not recognized BTW, I have an Nforce 2 M/B. You **definitely** have to supply the drivers when you boot from the DVD. -- Regards, Richard Urban Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User (For email, remove the obvious from my address) "na" <androidsun@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:1193805587.881829.167380@xxxxxx Quote: >I am confused. I am at the Startup Repair screen. The drive should > have been picked up by Vista without a driver. My motherboard is > Gigabyte 7NNXP with nForce2. I just inserted the original NVidia CD > and found no driver for the SATA drive. My quest is how Vista > recognized the SATA driver the last time I installed it, and now it > does not recognize it. The lack of a driver does not seem to be the > source of problem. > > On Oct 31, 12:15 am, "Richard Urban" > <richardurbanREMOVET...@xxxxxx> wrote: Quote: >> The driver is for the M/B chipset. If you have a Silicon Image chipset, >> you >> need drivers for their SATA chipset. If it is by another manufacturer you >> will need those drivers. >> >> If you are successfully booted into Vista the drivers that are installed >> will be used. If you have not yet booted into Vista, as when you are >> booting >> from the DVD - the drivers are inaccessible. Therefore you must supply >> the >> drivers which you have placed on a floppy. a CD, a DVD or a USB thumb >> drive. >> After you have directed the installer to where you have the drivers the >> installer will be able to see the drives. >> >> You will have to make these drivers available after the first reboot - >> during the install - also. The first viewing places them in RAM, which is >> flushed during the reboot. The second viewing copies them to the hard >> drive >> where they are used from by the operating system. >> >> Note that "some" newer M/B's have the drivers hard encoded into the >> chipset >> and you will not have to supply the drivers during setup. >> >> -- >> >> Regards, >> >> Richard Urban >> Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User >> (For email, remove the obvious from my address) >> >> "na" <android...@xxxxxx> wrote in message >> >> news:1193801954.210433.13380@xxxxxx >> Quote: >> > Thank you for the reply. The SATA drive was previously recognized by >> > Vista without a driver. This drive does not have driver from Western >> > Digital. Thanks. Quote: >> > On Oct 30, 11:19 pm, "Richard Urban" >> > <richardurbanREMOVET...@xxxxxx> wrote: >> >> When you boot from the Vista DVD you will have to install the >> >> requisite >> >> SATA >> >> drivers to enable the Vista installer to detect your drives. Quote: >> >> -- Quote: >> >> Regards, Quote: >> >> Richard Urban >> >> Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User >> >> (For email, remove the obvious from my address) Quote: >> >> "na" <android...@xxxxxx> wrote in message Quote: >> >>news:1193798984.338927.237460@xxxxxx Quote: >> >> > My Vista Ultimate failed to boot. Every time my computer boots up I >> >> > got "Boot Disk Failure, Insert System Disk and Press Enter" error. >> >> > The HD is Western Digital SATA II Caviar SE17 (WD2500KS). I also >> >> > ran >> >> > WD's diagnostics utility and no error was found on the disk. When I >> >> > used Windows Vista DVD and selected "Repair Your Computer" option, >> >> > Windows did not detect any hard drive partition and operating >> >> > system. >> >> > I have another SATA drive, it was also not recognized by Windows >> >> > Vista. Both drive had Windows Ultimate installed previously. These >> >> > drives are less than 6 month old, so they can't be damaged. Can >> >> > someone help? > |
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10-31-2007
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| | Re: SATA HD is not recognized The GA-7NNXP uses the SiI3112 - PCI to 2 Port SATA150 interface chip. Use the appropriate driver from <http://www.siliconimage.com/support/supportsearchresults.aspx?pid=63&cid=3&ctid=2&osid=10&>. On Tue, 30 Oct 2007 21:39:47 -0700, na <androidsun@xxxxxx> wrote: Quote: >I am confused. I am at the Startup Repair screen. The drive should >have been picked up by Vista without a driver. My motherboard is >Gigabyte 7NNXP with nForce2. I just inserted the original NVidia CD >and found no driver for the SATA drive. My quest is how Vista >recognized the SATA driver the last time I installed it, and now it >does not recognize it. The lack of a driver does not seem to be the >source of problem. > >On Oct 31, 12:15 am, "Richard Urban" ><richardurbanREMOVET...@xxxxxx> wrote: Quote: >> The driver is for the M/B chipset. If you have a Silicon Image chipset, you >> need drivers for their SATA chipset. If it is by another manufacturer you >> will need those drivers. >> >> If you are successfully booted into Vista the drivers that are installed >> will be used. If you have not yet booted into Vista, as when you are booting >> from the DVD - the drivers are inaccessible. Therefore you must supply the >> drivers which you have placed on a floppy. a CD, a DVD or a USB thumb drive. >> After you have directed the installer to where you have the drivers the >> installer will be able to see the drives. >> >> You will have to make these drivers available after the first reboot - >> during the install - also. The first viewing places them in RAM, which is >> flushed during the reboot. The second viewing copies them to the hard drive >> where they are used from by the operating system. >> >> Note that "some" newer M/B's have the drivers hard encoded into the chipset >> and you will not have to supply the drivers during setup. >> >> -- >> >> Regards, >> >> Richard Urban >> Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User >> (For email, remove the obvious from my address) >> >> "na" <android...@xxxxxx> wrote in message >> >> news:1193801954.210433.13380@xxxxxx >> Quote: >> > Thank you for the reply. The SATA drive was previously recognized by >> > Vista without a driver. This drive does not have driver from Western >> > Digital. Thanks. Quote: >> > On Oct 30, 11:19 pm, "Richard Urban" >> > <richardurbanREMOVET...@xxxxxx> wrote: >> >> When you boot from the Vista DVD you will have to install the requisite >> >> SATA >> >> drivers to enable the Vista installer to detect your drives. Quote: >> >> -- Quote: >> >> Regards, Quote: >> >> Richard Urban >> >> Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User >> >> (For email, remove the obvious from my address) Quote: >> >> "na" <android...@xxxxxx> wrote in message Quote: >> >>news:1193798984.338927.237460@xxxxxx Quote: >> >> > My Vista Ultimate failed to boot. Every time my computer boots up I >> >> > got "Boot Disk Failure, Insert System Disk and Press Enter" error. >> >> > The HD is Western Digital SATA II Caviar SE17 (WD2500KS). I also ran >> >> > WD's diagnostics utility and no error was found on the disk. When I >> >> > used Windows Vista DVD and selected "Repair Your Computer" option, >> >> > Windows did not detect any hard drive partition and operating system. >> >> > I have another SATA drive, it was also not recognized by Windows >> >> > Vista. Both drive had Windows Ultimate installed previously. These >> >> > drives are less than 6 month old, so they can't be damaged. Can >> >> > someone help? |
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10-31-2007
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| | Re: SATA HD is not recognized Buy a new battery for your MB "na" <androidsun@xxxxxx> schreef in bericht news:1193798984.338927.237460@xxxxxx Quote: > My Vista Ultimate failed to boot. Every time my computer boots up I > got "Boot Disk Failure, Insert System Disk and Press Enter" error. > The HD is Western Digital SATA II Caviar SE17 (WD2500KS). I also ran > WD's diagnostics utility and no error was found on the disk. When I > used Windows Vista DVD and selected "Repair Your Computer" option, > Windows did not detect any hard drive partition and operating system. > I have another SATA drive, it was also not recognized by Windows > Vista. Both drive had Windows Ultimate installed previously. These > drives are less than 6 month old, so they can't be damaged. Can > someone help? > |
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10-31-2007
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| | Re: SATA HD is not recognized Ok, you are right that I need to load the Silicon Graphic's SATA driver. I downloaded the Windows BASE Driver for Vista (SiI3x12 32-bit version 1.3.67.0) and Windows SATARAID Driver (Sil3x12 32 bit 1.0.60.0)) from Silicon Image and loaded the driver, my Western Digital SATA drive was still not recognized by Windows Vista. I have the M/B OnBoard RAID enabled and set it to RAID, instead of BASE. Does that mean the hard disk is fried, or some configurations are wrong with Windows Vista? Thank you for your help. On Oct 30, 10:48 pm, "Richard Urban" <richardurbanREMOVET...@xxxxxx> wrote: Quote: > BTW, I have an Nforce 2 M/B. You **definitely** have to supply the drivers > when you boot from the DVD. > > -- > > Regards, > > Richard Urban > Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User > (For email, remove the obvious from my address) > |
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