XP Pro SP2 x64

[K2NNJ]

Do the "newer" versions of the CD contain SATA/RAID drivers?

I'm having trouble with Windows XP MCE and need to replace it with something
else.

Thanks.

 

[Shenan Stanley]

Do the "newer" versions of the CD contain SATA/RAID drivers?

I'm having trouble with Windows XP MCE and need to replace it with

What "newer" versions of "what" CD?

 

[Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]]

Do the "newer" versions of the CD contain SATA/RAID drivers?

I'm having trouble with Windows XP MCE and need to replace it with
something else.

Thanks.

Hmmmm. I'm confused; you'd get the drivers for your disk controller from the
hardware manufacturer, not Microsoft. That said, try posting in
microsoft.public.windows.64bit.general.

 

[Colin Barnhorst]

Subject line.

What "newer" versions of "what" CD?

 

[Colin Barnhorst]

No new drivers. If you have needed SATA drivers in the past then you still
will. The current cds are XP Pro x64 SP2. If your mobo does not support
SATA drives natively you will need to download them from the manfacturer and
have them on a floppy so that you can use F6 during installation. You can
get more help in the 64bit newsgroup on this subject even though it is not
an XP newsgroup as such.

microsoft.public.windows.64bit.general

 

[Colin Barnhorst]

Why do you think XP Pro x64 will solve your issues with MCE? XP Pro x64
does not have the media center features. If you are thinking of migrating
to a 64bit operating system you had better check with the manufacturers of
your hardware and software for compatibility. In any case, I recommend that
you check out Vista Home Premium x64 and not XP Pro x64. The former is an
excellent consumer user OS. The latter is tailored to users in technical
professions (IMO).

You are better advised to investigate what is giving you troubles in your
present set up and fix that.

 

[Shenan Stanley]

Do the "newer" versions of the CD contain SATA/RAID drivers?

I'm having trouble with Windows XP MCE and need to replace it with

What "newer" versions of "what" CD?

Subject line.

.... Mentions one version and the body mentions another version of Windows
XP...

Questions still stand.

 

[Colin Barnhorst]

I know but he is thinking to duck the MCE issues by migrating to XP Pro x64.
I think he should know what his issues are or he risks carrying them over
and thus wasting his money. I use XP Pro x64 and it is not an answer to a
flaky MCE. Vista Home Premium maybe, but if the hardware isn't right
migrating to another OS is sure not going to work. Maybe he will let us in
on the big secret about what issues he is having.

 

[Shenan Stanley]

Do the "newer" versions of the CD contain SATA/RAID drivers?

I'm having trouble with Windows XP MCE and need to replace it with

What "newer" versions of "what" CD?

Subject line.

... Mentions one version and the body mentions another version of
Windows XP...

Questions still stand.

I know but he is thinking to duck the MCE issues by migrating to XP
Pro x64. I think he should know what his issues are or he risks
carrying them over and thus wasting his money. I use XP Pro x64
and it is not an answer to a flaky MCE.

Not by a long shot - agreed.

Vista Home Premium maybe,
but if the hardware isn't right migrating to another OS is sure not
going to work. Maybe he will let us in on the big secret about
what issues he is having.

Would be helpful - for us and him. ;-)

I think he may be asking if Windows XP Professional x64 with SP2 integrated
contains more SATA/RAID drivers - and that is the responsibility of the
hardware vendor making the hardware in the end - not Microsoft.

Usually SPs do not update drivers.

 

[Colin Barnhorst]

Correct and I answered that point. There are not new drivers. But I think
that question is tangential to the issue he is having, as we have both
observed.