Hi Guys, I have 120Gig SATA drive connected to a VIA pci SATA controller/USB 2.0 hub. The BIOS does not see the controller so I can't boot from the SATA drive. Is there a way in which I can boot from a small IDE HDD so that it can load the SATA drivers and then boot from the SATA drive ?
Using the drivers I can install XP to the SATA drive, but because it can't be seen by the BIOS it won't boot. However I have seen seen somewhere that I can modify the BIOS by inserting the cards BOOT ROM into it, but it is a hit or miss affair...I was just wondering how does windows boot from a SATA drive ? i.e where are the SATA drivers stored as windows can't read or boot the drive until these are loaded...
If the BIOS cannot see the SATA drive then you will never get it running no matter what drivers you use unless you have a bootable PCI or PCIe SATA expansion card. I had the same problem but a BIOS update solved the problem. Have you tried to get a BIOS update from the mobo manufacturer? You could also try a SATA to PATA adaptor! If there is no BIOS update then your probably stuck with it