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Windows XP load will not see drives
I have a machines with an ASUS motherboard P5BE with JMicron Technology Corp. PCIE - to - SATAII/IDE Raid Controller Biosv1.06.59 When I try to load XP it's not seeing the drives in the box. The post - bios - sees the drives. I"m thinking maybe controller driver problem but I don't have a floppy on this machine. So where can I get drivers for XP and what to do about floppy?
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Never use the RAID functions of those fake-RAID controllers. They are just crap and unreliable. Rather set the system to non-RAID mode (if possible use compatible or IDE mode, whatever the BIOS offers), and you shouldn't need any driver.
Besides, XP will be discontinued next month, so why on earth are you still deploying it?
You should rather install a more modern OS, like Windows 7 (for which you wouldn't need a floppy if you need to install AHCI or SATA mode drivers, you can use USB sticks and CD's to load drivers during setup). Besides, Windows 7 has very good built-in Software RAID capabilities, so you can use that if you need RAID. It is far more relaible, and also faster than what you get from any fake-RAID controllers. If you still have some ancient hardware or software that requires XP, you can install XP mode, provided you have at least the pro version of Windows 7. But also here, the same will apply to XP mode, it will be dead by next month and you won't get any security updates, which means your XP OS will be very vulnerable.
Besides, XP will be discontinued next month, so why on earth are you still deploying it?
You should rather install a more modern OS, like Windows 7 (for which you wouldn't need a floppy if you need to install AHCI or SATA mode drivers, you can use USB sticks and CD's to load drivers during setup). Besides, Windows 7 has very good built-in Software RAID capabilities, so you can use that if you need RAID. It is far more relaible, and also faster than what you get from any fake-RAID controllers. If you still have some ancient hardware or software that requires XP, you can install XP mode, provided you have at least the pro version of Windows 7. But also here, the same will apply to XP mode, it will be dead by next month and you won't get any security updates, which means your XP OS will be very vulnerable.
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I wound up installing Windows 7 - I felt that XP was going away and therefore not a "smart" idea to "fight" with this.
After you install Windows XP, install the ASUS SATA drivers and you can change it back to AHCI if you wish.