Re: New Comp, Vista Ult 64bit, Startup SATA/RAID HD not found

The spec for the E-155 says it has only one hard disk, so you could not
use RAID. Your options could only be SATA configured as IDE, native SATA
or SATA AHCI: some of those options may not be present.

You should need no special drivers.

When booting the machine, go into the BIOS and check that it reports the
presence of a hard disk. I think that either there is no hard disk or
it, or its connection, has been damaged in transit to you. If a hard
disk is present test it with either its manufacturer's diagnostic
utility or the Gateway GWSCAN utility.


On 12/12/2009 08:16, Zae88 wrote:
> I know you guys get this question alot, but after searching through the
> forum posts and trying the various methods, still this obstacle remains.
> Ok, I just bought a Gateway E-155 tablet online and it came with Vista
> Ultimate 32& 64bit versions. The person who I purchased it from said it
> was already installed and ready to go. When I received the laptop today,
> I turned it on and it said no OS installed.
>
> I went through the procedures and arrived at the 'where do you want to
> install Windows' part of installation which, of course, had no HD to
> choose from. After researching the topic it seems that this is a common
> problem. I decided to go to Gateway.com and downloaded all the drivers
> and unzipped them and put them onto a USB drive and still it said 'no
> drivers found'. Then I found a post that suggested going to Intel and
> obtaining the SATA/RAID driver. After putting that onto the USB, tried
> it again and it finally found a file (ICH7M/MDH SATA AHCI Controller)
> but after it attempted to use it, said that still no driver was found.
>
> One person suggested going into the BIOS and turning the 'RAID' on, but
> I saw nothing of it on the SATA settings and so I adjusted those
> settings, each one followed by reattempting to find the drivers...
> nothing... Any help would be greatly appreciated as this is the only
> forum I've found so far where people are really discussing this matter.
> Thanks alot!!!!
>
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