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Help getting Win98SE to install on a p4 desktop
EwJ:
to clarify, when pulling out extraneous devices, cards, etc, remove them physically and remove/uninstall them from the device manager.
shawcomputers:
The problem your having is that windows 98 SE will NOT nativly support Serial ATA hard drives (SATA 1 or 2.0 )
That is the error screen your getting.
Install windows 98 using the SATA driver floppy that came with your computer. when you get to the first screen i believe it will say press F6 to install a new hard drive controller card. insert your floppy and let it load the SATA overlay. You should be good to go after that.
eastbayarb:
shawcomputers,
Weird becuase my SATA hard drive is in IDE mode. My motherboard which is an ECS PT800CE-A (and I only have 1 stick of 512mb RAM) lets you use SATA hard drives in either SATA or IDE mode. A SATA driver floppy wasn't included with my motherboard. The CD that did come with it supposedly has Windows 98 drivers, but problem is unless I boot into Safe Mode, the PC won't completely boot into windows.
--- Quote from: shawcomputers on May 22, 2006, 10:07:56 pm ---The problem your having is that windows 98 SE will NOT nativly support Serial ATA hard drives (SATA 1 or 2.0 )
That is the error screen your getting.
Install windows 98 using the SATA driver floppy that came with your computer. when you get to the first screen i believe it will say press F6 to install a new hard drive controller card. insert your floppy and let it load the SATA overlay. You should be good to go after that.
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EwJ:
make it easy on yourself - use an ide drive.
if not, you've got some reading to do re installing the drivers for sata for win98.
the motherboard cd and/or website should have all the necessary drivers and documentation (readme files, etc).
looks like shawcomputers posted the answer - your cd should have specifics.
also, check the device manager for yellow marks, etc. should show if there are any other probs with devices/drivers, etc.
RayB:
Does your motherboard have seperate cable sockets? I know one of my mobos has 2 for regular ATA and 2 for a faster form of ATA. If you plugged your cable into the one for faster format, then your mobo would detect that...