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    SATA - drivers needed for controller only?

    Ok, I'm taking the leap to SATA.

    Do I just need drivers for the controller in order to install Windows, as if it were a SCSI or RAID device? Or will I need drivers for the drive as well?

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    Just the device only.

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    • #3
      Gurm it's JUST like scsi or raid in this regard. Just had a coworker upgrade to a board and sata drive and he had to do this. Worked beautifully
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      • #4
        Yup, just drivers for the controler on a floppy.

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        • #5
          Ok just checking. Trying to figure out why MAXTOR has SATA drivers on their web site.

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          • #6
            What happens if you don't have a floppy drive?
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            • #7
              afaik windows will still only load 3rd party drivers from floppy
              Maybe you can make a usb disk act as a floppy
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              • #8
                You know, first there was the floppy drive, then came a vast improvement.. the hard drive. What do you suppose the jokers will call the next vast improvement? The ejaculating drive? I suppose after that it's back to floppies again.

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                • #9
                  SATA

                  my built in sata controller didn't require any driver disk during the xp install i recently did...the siig add-in card that my 2 74Gb raptors are connected to did though, after windows was installed.

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                  • #10
                    If XP/2K doesn't have the drivers nativly, then you need to provide them on a floppy. I don't have a floppy in my rig so this always poses a problem.

                    I must find a way to put the SCSI drivers into the windows cab files....
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                    • #11
                      AFAIK, XP will allow you to insert a CD to read 3rd party drivers. As long as the CD is not SATA, which I don't think any is, it should work fine.
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                      • #12
                        Right right. I was just confused because there was a driver provided by Maxtor...

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                        • #13
                          IIRC, its because Maxtor sells repackaged (S/ATA)/RAID cards. last i saw, they were rebranded Promise controllers. Not sure though.
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                          • #14
                            External cards tend to need these drivers, some motherboards will not.

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                            • #15
                              Bah! My I am trying to do a fresh install of xP on my new A7N8X-E but the OS wants the drivers on a floppy.... I don't have any floppy disks bugger... I hate the way it wont let you pull them off a CD.....
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