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need SATA DRIVERS for xp..

post #1 of 16
6/22/07 at 9:25am
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hi all im new to this forum..hello...need help.


i have a Toshiba satellite A 200 .and i want to install xp on to it..

cant find the SATA drivers for may lap top .. it just says no hard disks found..you know what i mean..


just registered today hoping for an answer help ...help

dont know what to do.. im stuck with vista till i get the drivers
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post #2 of 16
6/24/07 at 2:48pm
have u tried direct at intel site?

cheers ...
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post #3 of 16
6/24/07 at 5:45pm
if you are using VIA SATA then click here:

VIA RAID v.550b (SATA) Driver:

note- for future use copy contents of drvdsk to floppy for SATA/RAID driver at Windows Installation.
VRAIDDrv-drvdsk-xp-32
**This new driver also fixes Choppy sound/video/skipping issues caused by the default driver installed by windows

http://www.viaarena.com/default.aspx...0&SubCatID=117
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post #4 of 16
6/26/07 at 3:40am
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thanks all . i ended up going on intel's website and found the drivers .yay.. i have no floppy drive on my laptop so i had to slip stream them on to a copy of xp home .. now i have xp home thanks..the chipset is..

NorthBridge : Intel M965
SouthBridge : ICH8M-E (ICH8 Family) LPC Interface Controller
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post #5 of 16
3/3/08 at 5:55pm
Can you put the SATA drivers directlly to your Win XP CD?I don't have floppy and I want to install XP on my Satellite A205-S5804.How can I do?
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post #6 of 16
3/3/08 at 7:27pm
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Originally Posted by gabyavra View Post
Can you put the SATA drivers directlly to your Win XP CD?I don't have floppy and I want to install XP on my Satellite A205-S5804.How can I do?

This may help:
http://www.maximumpc.com/article/How...P-installation
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post #7 of 16
4/2/08 at 2:23pm
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Originally Posted by fox5 View Post
thanks all . i ended up going on intel's website and found the drivers .yay.. i have no floppy drive on my laptop so i had to slip stream them on to a copy of xp home .. now i have xp home thanks..the chipset is.. NorthBridge : Intel M965 SouthBridge : ICH8M-E (ICH8 Family) LPC Interface Controller
Hi Fox5, I have exactly the same problem: chipset ich8m-e from intel, with a Toshiba Satellite A205 in my case. But I'm not able to find the driver for this chipset on Intel's page! Can you tell me what exactly you searched for, or the URL of the page where you got it? Thanks in advance!
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post #8 of 16
4/2/08 at 3:33pm
tried theses?
http://www.au-ja.org/files-intelchipset.phtml

cheers ...
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post #9 of 16
4/5/08 at 8:54am
Thank you for the link, qhn! But now my problem is: I cannot run this self-extracting file on my old windows machine. It says "this computer does not meet the minimum requirements", presumably because it doesn`t have a sata harddisk. But on my new laptop, I cannot run the setup program obviously because I don`t have a workin windows on it. Seems ridiculously like a hen-and-egg problem.
So do you guys have any idea where I might get the raw drivers from (for the Intel ICH8M controller, running XP)?


Thanks a lot in advance!
Cheers
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post #10 of 16
4/5/08 at 1:48pm
in installing sata driver, u either do it from a floppy or slip-stream it into ur windows installation disk. I am not sure if the raw driver would do u any good, since it requires an external device set up (floppy of slip-streamed installation cd)

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post #11 of 16
4/5/08 at 2:02pm
I'll see if i can dig up a "raw" driver, doubt it since it comes mostly with other set up utilities in the package. Hopefully other forum users can get to it before me

cheers ...
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post #12 of 16
8/1/08 at 4:06pm
I just had the exact same problem with my bro's Satellite laptop, and I figured out a way to do it that didn't require any drivers (for my case, at least). If you go into the bios, in the advanced section, and change the SATA controller mode from ACPI to Compatibility it should detect the hard drive.

My problem was with a Satellite P305D, but if the bios's are similar (they should be), then this should work for you too ^_^

Good luck! Vistas no una revolución
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post #13 of 16
12/15/08 at 4:59pm
I just tried what you said Swayzor, but how long should it take in 'legacy' mode to format 250gb? Mine was still stuck at 1% formatting after about 10 minutes.
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post #14 of 16
12/16/08 at 3:26pm
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Originally Posted by joeschmoe View Post
I just tried what you said Swayzor, but how long should it take in 'legacy' mode to format 250gb? Mine was still stuck at 1% formatting after about 10 minutes.
it can take quite a while to format a hard drive. I usually start the process when I'm going to bed or starting another project and come back to check on it later. Total time to finish depends on the speed of the machine/hdd and the hdd's size, but it CAN take hours to complete. Be patient, give it a half an hour and see where it's at.
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post #15 of 16
8/28/11 at 7:26am

Sorry to bump the thread. I've been looking vigorously for the SATA driver for a satellite a205-s5000 so I can slipstream it into an xp cd. However, I seem to keep running into many walls along the way..... 

 

Anyways, I've slipstreamed multiple times with different driver files straight from toshiba's website and I can't seem to find the right files. Apparently, toshiba doesn't carry the specific drivers for their own product. And their customer support is crap...... T__T

 

Anyways, if someone could help me out with finding the right files, that would be amazing. I've wasted so many cd's and it's getting old. 

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post #16 of 16
8/28/11 at 7:48am
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Originally Posted by Midnafan1 View Post

Sorry to bump the thread. I've been looking vigorously for the SATA driver for a satellite a205-s5000 so I can slipstream it into an xp cd. However, I seem to keep running into many walls along the way..... 

 

Anyways, I've slipstreamed multiple times with different driver files straight from toshiba's website and I can't seem to find the right files. Apparently, toshiba doesn't carry the specific drivers for their own product. And their customer support is crap...... T__T

 

Anyways, if someone could help me out with finding the right files, that would be amazing. I've wasted so many cd's and it's getting old. 


You need to go to Intel and pick up the chipset/disk controller for Mobile Intel GL960 Express Chipset - that is your Sata Driver

cheers ...
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