SATA drivers and reloading Windows XP
a quick reminder to those who are reinstalling Windows XP on newer hardware. Unless Service Pack 3 is slipstreamed into your install disc, you may get an error about how Windows can’t find a hard disk to install to.
The “problem” lies in the fact that newer hardware uses SATA hard disks and requires windows drivers that weren’t available when XP was released. Find your hardware manufacturer’s website, download the latest SATA driver for your system and put it on a floppy disk or slipstream it into your install with nLite.
If you use the floppy method, you’ll have to hit F6 when prompted at the beginning of the XP install to load additional drivers, then choose the driver off the floppy. Slipstreamed drivers should be detected and used as needed.
