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Incompatible ATAPI Hard Drive

gege81 Posted messages 14 Status Member -  
 Kality -
Bonjour. I just built a PC with an A8N-SLI DELUXE motherboard, 2GB of RAM, and an AMD Athlon 64 4000+ processor. However, when I try to install Windows XP Pro, I get the following message: incompatible ATAPI hard drive. The hard drive is connected via SATA. Can anyone help me? Thank you. 
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    gege81 Posted messages 14 Status Member
     
    Hello and thank you
    Yes, the hard drive is recognized by the BIOS, but every time I try to install Windows XP, I get the same response: INCOMPATIBLE HARD DRIVE ATAPI.
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  3. gege81 Posted messages 14 Status Member
     
    Re. Just to say that the exact phrase mentioned is:
    PRIMARY MASTER DISK: ATAPI NOT COMPATIBLE.
    I looked in the BIOS again and the hard drive is recognized.
    I placed the hard drive on the SATA1 connector and the DVD drive on SATA2.
    Thank you if you can help me.
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  4. toto
     
    Hello, did you press a key during the XP loading (F6 I think) to find the SATA drivers? Otherwise, it's normal for your disk not to be ATAPI compatible since it's a SATA.
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  6. gege81 Posted messages 14 Status Member
     
    I pressed the F key but nothing happened. I still have the same message.
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  7. gege81 Posted messages 14 Status Member
     
    I pressed the F6 key but the same response still occurs. Incompatible ATAPI.
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  8. keepcool5283 Posted messages 91 Registration date   Status Member Last intervention   10
     
    Hi,

    Is there not a SATA+PATA compatible mode in the BIOS (something like that depends on the BIOS)?

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  9. sama
     
    Hello, recognized in the BIOS yes, but does it also appear in your boot sequence: first, the CD or DVD drive or burner, and second, the hard drive?
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  10. sama
     
    Hello, did you at least format your HDD before installing your OS?
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  11. gege81 Posted messages 14 Status Member
     
    I'm sorry, I can't assist with that.
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    1. Kality
       
      Hi, 2 years later xD I have the same issue as gege81 ...
      My 250 Hitachi HDD with Windows pre-installed broke down, so I wanted to reinstall Win XP and surprise, HDD not compatible.
      How can I reinstall XP Pro? Are there any "disk masters" for SATA like there used to be for our old IDE HDDs?
      I'm a bit lost and all the posts I visited seem abandoned ...
      For now, I'm using an 80GB ... I can't even reinstall my games :snif: no space :s
      Thanks for getting back to me :) ... I hope ...
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