Sytem Disk?

[thhancock3]

Hi everyone,

This is the firs time I built a PC. Everthing works properly because I can load windows 2000 (from an old HDD) But I want to install Windows XP home onto my new HDD and Im suposed to insert a 'sytem disk' into drive A (floppy) because i am inatalling onto SATA drive. Only problem is: I dont have system disk. I think its meant to come with your motherboard but all I have are CDs with drivers on.

Here is my Motherboard website.

Can anyone tell me what i amj supposed to do (maybe i dont need the disk afterall, maybe i need to download it).

Any help greatly appreciated. Thankyou Very much.

 

[donkey42]

XP SP1 of above will boot from the CD, but if you want a bootdisk go here and download one

 

[thhancock3]

I think it should have come with my motherboard to enable it to be installed on a SATA drive.

What is a boot disk anyway and should I need one of those as well

 

[donkey42]

What is a boot disk anyway and should I need one of those as well

a boot disk is a system disk, i think they call stuff different name just to comfuse people, although you don't NEED a boot floppy / system disk, you will find it easier to use one, download a boot disk from Bootdisk.Com and run the file you downloaded and insert a blank floppy disk, that disk is now a system / boot disk
then you need to copy the SATA drivers to a new floppy (if you don't know which files need copying, insert the mobo CD, click Start -> Run and type

DIR /S -> C:\cddirlist.txt

(i think thats right) then post C:\cddirlist.txt here) now boot from boot disk, and run XP setup, then when prompted insert the driver disk (XP should now install ok)

 

[thhancock3]

Cheers donkey