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Problems with M-6843

post #1 of 6
1/5/09 at 1:34am
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I am trying to reformat my gateway m-6843, but when I put in the XP cd to reformat, it says there are no hard drives to reformat? It says please make sure there is power to your hard drives, etc. I clearly can see the hard drive work when I use it, but reformatting it doesnt work. I am confused. Please help thanks.
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post #2 of 6
1/5/09 at 1:59am
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im pretty sure its a safety measure to block people from reformating or something. Can someone tell me how to either unlock it or something
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post #3 of 6
1/5/09 at 10:14am
Your XP installation requires a (missing) sata driver to recognise the drive.

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post #4 of 6
1/6/09 at 1:56am
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where would i go about getting a sata driver?
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post #5 of 6
1/6/09 at 8:16am
. Search the net for "INtel SATA AHCI driver"

or

. check your BIOS and see if you have the option to turn AHCI support OFF (disable)

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post #6 of 6
6/5/11 at 10:15pm
I downloaded the chipset and mass storage driver packs from driverpacks.net I then used nlite to integrate all the intel drivers in txt mode and the others in regular PNP mode. I burned the compilation and it found the hard drive.
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