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Driver for SATA hard drive

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Name: stevenbarea
Date: September 17, 2009 at 12:41:33 Pacific
OS: Windows XP
CPU/Ram: AMD Athlon XP 1800+
Product: Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 80gb hard drive
Subcategory: Hard Drives
Comment:

Hi, I'm trying to find the driver for this hard drive, so that I can install Windows XP SP3 in my computer. Can anyone provide me with the link to download this driver please?

Thanks.



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Response Number 1
Name: likelystory
Date: September 17, 2009 at 13:02:32 Pacific
Reply:

Try here:

http://www.seagate.com/ww/v/index.j...


Also google is your friend.

Likely

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Response Number 2
Name: stevenbarea
Date: September 17, 2009 at 13:45:35 Pacific
Reply:

I've tried there but it just points to microsoft and microsoft tells me go to my manufacturers website to find the driver which is seagate. I've also tried browsing through google but no luck.

Thing is I'm trying to put the driver into the windows installation package and copy this image onto a CD so that i can format and install windows XP on my SATA hard drive.


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Response Number 3
Name: stevenbarea
Date: September 18, 2009 at 04:32:06 Pacific
Reply:

Any Help please??


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Response Number 4
Name: OtheHill
Date: September 18, 2009 at 05:04:12 Pacific
Reply:

You don't need a driver for the hard drive. You need a driver for the SATA controller on the motherboard. You get that from the motherboard website or if a custom built PC from the motherboard CD.

Do you have SATA ports on the motherboard to connect a SATA hard drive to your motherboard? What is the model of your motherboard?

If you don't know the model then download SIW to learn it. Get SIW at the link below.

http://www.gtopala.com/siw-download...


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Response Number 5
Name: stevenbarea
Date: September 19, 2009 at 11:49:02 Pacific
Reply:

Thanks. I managed to find my motherboard's model its:

ASUS P5GC - MX

I've gone onto the ASUS website but I cant find any drivers there related to sata controller, just lan drivers.

I wish to download these drivers so that i can then use nlite to make an image of windows XP with these sata controllers and install it in my hard drive.

Do you know if XP service pack 3 has these sata drivers already installed in it?

Thanks!


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Response Number 6
Name: OtheHill
Date: September 19, 2009 at 17:54:53 Pacific
Reply:

The link below takes you to the download page for your board. The two files below are the chipset driver package. The SATA drivers will be included in there.

http://support.asus.com/download/do...

Intel(R) Chipset Software Installation Utility V8.3.0.1013 for Windows 2000/XP & 64bit XP & 32/64bit Vista(WHQL).

ntel Chipset Inf Update Program v8.3.0.1013 for Windows 32bit 2000/2000 server/XP/MCE/2003/Vista & 64bit XP/2003/Vista(WHQL).


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Response Number 7
Name: stevenbarea
Date: September 21, 2009 at 09:08:25 Pacific
Reply:

I've gone on that webpage, I dont know what my series my motherboard is though! I just know the model.

Are those both files needed to install the SATA controller driver?

Thanks!


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