It seems to me that you need to check your BIOS settings as to why the BIOS
will not detect SATA DVD drives.
On both of my Systems using SATA DVD drives they are detected and I can and
have Installed XP as well as Vista in this manner.
Are they even listed in the BIOS?? Boot Order?? SATA enabled??

peter

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"Link77" <Link77@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> I have a couple computers with SATA DVD drives. While Windows detects them
> perfectly the BIOS does not. This means that I can not install Windows XP
> without using a floppy drive.
>
> I've come to rely on the Setup Disks for Floppy Boot Install
> (http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...DisplayLang=en).
> Microsoft has released a new version for every service pack except service
> pack 3.
>
> Are they still working on it? Does anyone know when it will be made
> available? I really need those disks!