Vista Ultimate Brainless - SATA Drives

[Stephen Green]

Why oh why can't Vista install on SATA drives. It see's the drive, it
can format the drive, why the hell can't Vista install SATA drivers?

 

[Michael Walraven]

Installed fine on my SATA drives (Dell XPS410) Vista Home Premium.

 

[Stephen Green]

Installed fine on my SATA drives (Dell XPS410) Vista Home Premium.

Well the Ultimate full version keeps asking for a driver for some
reason. SATA WD Cavier SE16 Model WD2500KSRTL installed as drive D in an
ACER E700 with an Intel Quad core Q6600 processor and 3072 gigs of ram.

For some reason Vista Ultimate can't figure it out!

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[Richard Urban]

I believe that some later M/B chip sets have the SATA drivers hard encoded
in the silicon chip. It would make all the difference in the world. If you
do not have this implementation on your M/B "you" must supply the drivers,
as they are needed before the operating can begin to load.

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Regards,

Richard Urban
Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User
(For email, remove the obvious from my address)

 

[Richard Urban]

Include the old floppy in that list also.

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Regards,

Richard Urban
Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User
(For email, remove the obvious from my address)

 

[DevilsPGD]

In message <6bRTi.140712$1y4.93372@pd7urf2no> Stephen Green

Why oh why can't Vista install on SATA drives. It see's the drive, it
can format the drive, why the hell can't Vista install SATA drivers?

Any change you have AHCI enabled? If so, either disable it or install
the correct drivers.

 

[Simon Zerafa]

Hi,

It can and does quite regularly.

What motherboard or SATA solution is being used on your PC?

I bet it's a "non-Native" solution which means that you need supply the
drivers at install time to ensure that Windows can use the controller and
see drives attached to it.

Kind Regards

Simon