Will Vista DVD boot from a 'SATA' DVD-RW on a clean install? Or, do I have to
install a driver first from a bootable floppy?

It booted fine from my Plextor SATA DVD Writer. I think it' has more to do
with your system BIOS and which drive you have set as the first boot device.
Check to make sure that your DVD drive is the 1st boot device.

Hope that helps!

Jeff

"Rich" <Rich@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Will Vista DVD boot from a 'SATA' DVD-RW on a clean install? Or, do I have
> to
> install a driver first from a bootable floppy?

It depends on whether or not Vista has a driver for your SATA controller.
If it does, it will; if it does not, then you won't be able to. I have one
computer with SATA that works as a bootable device and one that does not.

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"Rich" <Rich@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Will Vista DVD boot from a 'SATA' DVD-RW on a clean install? Or, do I have
> to
> install a driver first from a bootable floppy?

The beta version of Vista installed the right SATA driver, but I was
installing from an 'IDE' DVD-RW then. The concern is will the SATA DVD-RW
drive function before installing the SATA driver from the Vista DVD. As said,
it probably depends on what's in the MB Bios.

"Richard G. Harper" wrote:

> It depends on whether or not Vista has a driver for your SATA controller.
> If it does, it will; if it does not, then you won't be able to. I have one
> computer with SATA that works as a bootable device and one that does not.
>
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> "Rich" <Rich@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:915EC290-DFC0-40B5-9F8D-2DF58F85A398@microsoft.com...
> > Will Vista DVD boot from a 'SATA' DVD-RW on a clean install? Or, do I have
> > to
> > install a driver first from a bootable floppy?
>
>
>

Yep, that's a good bet.

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"Rich" <Rich@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> The beta version of Vista installed the right SATA driver, but I was
> installing from an 'IDE' DVD-RW then. The concern is will the SATA DVD-RW
> drive function before installing the SATA driver from the Vista DVD. As
> said,
> it probably depends on what's in the MB Bios.
>
> "Richard G. Harper" wrote:
>
>> It depends on whether or not Vista has a driver for your SATA controller.
>> If it does, it will; if it does not, then you won't be able to. I have
>> one
>> computer with SATA that works as a bootable device and one that does not.
>>
>> --
>> Richard G. Harper [MVP Shell/User] rgharper@gmail.com
>> * NEW! Catch my blog ... http://msmvps.com/blogs/rgharper/
>> * PLEASE post all messages and replies in the newsgroups
>> * The Website - http://rgharper.mvps.org/
>> * HELP us help YOU ... http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm
>>
>>
>> "Rich" <Rich@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:915EC290-DFC0-40B5-9F8D-2DF58F85A398@microsoft.com...
>> > Will Vista DVD boot from a 'SATA' DVD-RW on a clean install? Or, do I
>> > have
>> > to
>> > install a driver first from a bootable floppy?
>>
>>
>>