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SATA Driver for Sony VAIO VGN-FZ240E
I'm trying to install Windows XP on a Sony VAIO VGN-FZ240E laptop so I can play some old PC games, but I cannot proceed because I am missing SATA drivers. Sadly, it appears Sony is no longer hosting ...
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Why can't Windows XP setup load my F6 SATA drivers from a floppy?
I'm installing Windows XP onto a SATA drive connected to a SiI3112 PCI-to-SATA controller. For setup to see the drive I need to install the drivers for this device from the F6 menu as it starts up.
I ...
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How to use SATA disk and IDE disk in one PC?
I have a PC with two disks.
The 1st disk is SATA (160 GB) with Windows XP on it.
The 2nd disk is IDE (80 GB) with data on it.
When I turn on the PC, Windows XP starts but I can only see the 1st disk ...
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Install XP on SATA drive
So I’ve been trying to install Windows XP on my HP Pavilion dv6-6c48us laptop, which uses a SATA drive, and so far I have not been successful. I’ve tried slipstreaming uniata drivers http://alter.org....
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Access old laptop HDD from PC
Background;
Laptop HDD was designated C, is at least 10 years old and runs XP (I believe), password protected at login (not boot)
My computer is very new, runs windows 10
I am attempting to recover ...
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Which of these drivers do I need? (RAID controller for Asus P5BW-LA)
I've been looking for drivers for my Asus P5BW-LA motherboard (running Windows XP Pro SP3) that will allow me to use RAID and/or AHCI SATA mode instead of IDE. I found two different candidates:
https:...
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Why did Windows XP require AHCI drivers when it could already load itself without?
When Windows XP boots without AHCI drivers on a SATA system, you get a BSOD like 0x0000007b.
What I don't understand is why it can't load without AHCI drivers. Clearly it was already able to load the ...
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Windows XP doesn't find second physical sata HDD but is detected in BIOS and Hiren's
On my motherboard there are two SATA ports. First is HDD 80 GB with system. I connected 250 GB HDD to the second. This is detected by BIOS and also under Hiren's Boot CD but not under Windows XP.
How ...
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Drivers for VT6421A Controller Card
The hard disk controller on my motherboard went out, so I'm trying to install this VT6421A PCI controller card.
Unfortunately, I've looked at a couple of posts on SuperUser and other forums, but I ...
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Need help to install AHCI driver on Win XP without reinstall
Trying to find solution I came across this LINK here, but encountered lot of pain and questions which are not described.
I have Gigabyte MB H61M and did not succeed to work it out. Here is my ...
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Reading an old XP Drive on a Windows 7 unit
I have my mom's old PC and I cannot get her old HD to show up when I connect my SATA read cables up to her hard drive externally. I am wondering if her HD died over night or if I am missing something. ...
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Need help replacing SATA boot drive in WINDOWS XP SP2
My problem is I am trying to replace a SATA boot drive in a WIN XP SP 2 machine.
I tried the same thing which works in IDE drives, namely, I copied all the files from old drive to new, then just ...
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Install PCI-E SATA driver on unbootable Windows XP
My SATA controller on motherboard died.
I've pluged a SATA controller on PCI-E. BIOS recognizes it just fine, boots from it, but Windows XP, I assume, lacks drivers for such a controller and reboots. ...
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Accidentally Uninstalled SATA Driver from XP [duplicate]
I was uninstalling a VIA RAID/SATA utility and accidentally removed the SATA driver in the process. Once I restarted the computer and the uninstall took effect, XP no longer had the SATA driver in ...
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SATA drivers for Lenovo 3000 Y500
I tried to install WindowsXP via USB drive as DVD ROM isn't working on my notebook anymore, but the setup stuck at copying files after partitioning the disk. I googled and found out that I must ...
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