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How to install SATA drivers with no floppy.
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aaronearles
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usb floppy.
I've also seen in some bios' a feature that more or less emulates ATA, just look in the SATA behavior section or similar. Good luck.
I've also seen in some bios' a feature that more or less emulates ATA, just look in the SATA behavior section or similar. Good luck.
SolidBladez
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Or you could nLite them into your Windows disc.
Thanks for quick reply.
I could buy a usb floppy and I never used nlite before but will consider it as a last resort.
Intel tells me I need this:
http://downloadcenter.intel.com/Detail_Desc.aspx?strState=LIVE&ProductID=2800&DwnldID=14848&agr=N&lang=eng&PrdMap=2800
But its a .exe file. How would I get this onto a floppy so it will work when i press F6 for driver install. Is there a generic SATA driver thats already out there and just use that?
I could buy a usb floppy and I never used nlite before but will consider it as a last resort.
Intel tells me I need this:
http://downloadcenter.intel.com/Detail_Desc.aspx?strState=LIVE&ProductID=2800&DwnldID=14848&agr=N&lang=eng&PrdMap=2800
But its a .exe file. How would I get this onto a floppy so it will work when i press F6 for driver install. Is there a generic SATA driver thats already out there and just use that?
SolidBladez
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http://downloadmirror.intel.com/14848/ENG/readme.txt
5.1 General Installation Notes
1. If you are installing the operating system on a system
configured for RAID or AHCI mode, you must pre-install
the Intel(R) Matrix Storage Manager driver using the
F6 installation method described in section 5.3.
2. The 'Intel(R) Chipset Software Installation Utility'
must be installed on the system after a supported
Microsoft* Windows* operating system has been installed.
3. To install the Intel(R) Matrix Storage Manager,
double-click on the self-extracting and self-installing
setup file and answer all prompts presented.
4. By default, all installed files (readme.txt, help, etc.)
are copied to the following path:
<bootdrive>\Program Files\Intel\Intel(R) Matrix Storage Manager
mattrickulater
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Here is the software you need:
http://downloadcenter.intel.com/Detail_Desc.aspx?agr=Y&ProductID=2101&DwnldID=14849&strOSs=44
mattrickulater
http://downloadcenter.intel.com/Detail_Desc.aspx?agr=Y&ProductID=2101&DwnldID=14849&strOSs=44
mattrickulater
Didn't see that. Thanks.
Will the USB floppy be detected when going through the F6 prompt with no problem? I'm guessing it goes and scans for a floppy drive ID no matter what media it used to hook up to the computer?
While on the subject why can't it use USB flash drive? XP doesn't work that way?
Vengance_01
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Yes a USB Floppy will work just fine. I did this with my Dell 1330 when I had to install XP Pro in SATA Native mode. USB Floppy ftw.
aaronearles
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Most new BIOS' support usb floppy as the primary floppy so as far as windows knows, its got a floppy drive just like normal. XP came out in 2002, flash drives were just starting to come out, it was standard procedure to use floppies, I suppose they could have added support with SP2, but I dont think they made any changes at all to the 16bit installation process.