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cannot Reinstall XP - sata not recognized maxtor

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by profplay

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I have two drives, 1 Maxtor 6 Y080M0 SCSI Disk and 1 IDE drive.. i have my xp currently installed in Maxtor, i want to format my pc now but while starting installing in the installation steps bios recognizes only partitions in IDE drive.. what can i do ?
please help me

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by profplay

sorry the scsi not Sata , its not sata .
ST320410A IDE drive
Maxtor 6 Y080M0 SCSI Disk Device and this one..
so i have two of them.. and my OS is running in Maxtor .. but i dont know if scsi drivers are must be companioned in a disk ( floppy ) while installation or what ..
motherboard type: Gigabyte GA-7VT600 1394
thnx

by shady108

you will need to have your scsi drivers on floppy when you reinstall windows.... when setup is loading up with the bluescreen it will say press F(something f6 i think?) to install a 3rd party driver press that and insert your floppy disk should work ok

by profplay

1 more thing plz .. where can i find that scsi driver ?

by seanferd

or search up maxtor scsi driver.

Several driver sites have these. Look for one appropriate for your model.

by shady108

you should be looking for the SCSI drivers for you SCSI controller card ie adaptec drivers or whatever card you have

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