Before and after.

The_YongGrand · 8th Apr 2006, 11:12 PM

When installing Windows, I had forgotten to press F6 and then put my SATA floppy and install SATA drivers. I don't have one SATA HDD yet, but just curious, how to install the SATA drivers without going back to the setup and press F6 and then install again? Can I just pop in the diskette and install it directly?

Chai · 8th Apr 2006, 11:30 PM

If you can install on the SATA drives without even installing the drivers, then you should not have to worry about that anymore.

zy · 9th Apr 2006, 06:07 AM

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Originally Posted by The_YongGrand

When installing Windows, I had forgotten to press F6 and then put my SATA floppy and install SATA drivers. I don't have one SATA HDD yet, but just curious, how to install the SATA drivers without going back to the setup and press F6 and then install again? Can I just pop in the diskette and install it directly?

.. ahhaha...

drivers are only to detect the hard disk i think

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i know mine i dont need drivers

depending on the controller i guess

PowerSlide · 9th Apr 2006, 06:22 AM

err..the floppy is the raid driver..

coz if single sata doesnt need any driver at all..

ALstonLoong · 9th Apr 2006, 02:57 PM

if your sata is from the north bridge , u dont have to install any sata driver ( at least for intel, dont know about AMD but should be the same) .

zy · 9th Apr 2006, 04:48 PM

shouldnt it be the southbridge ?

kayFX · 9th Apr 2006, 06:49 PM

if using SATA controller from separate chip like silicon image or marvell you need the disket.. if controller integrated like intel chipset or nforce4 chipset no need the disket driver.. mien from silicon image so need disket, if dont install hardisk wont appear.. setup will say that no hdd install..

ZuePhok · 9th Apr 2006, 10:12 PM

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Originally Posted by PowerSlide

err..the floppy is the raid driver..

coz if single sata doesnt need any driver at all..

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Originally Posted by KayFX

if using SATA controller from separate chip like silicon image or marvell you need the disket.. if controller integrated like intel chipset or nforce4 chipset no need the disket driver.. mien from silicon image so need disket, if dont install hardisk wont appear.. setup will say that no hdd install..

Unfortunately, u r worng..

it depends. VIA VT8237 onchip SATA controller requires the driver to be loaded prior to OS installation.. doest matter whether it's single driver configuration or RAID 0/1/3/5/10 or 2097650934790525454545236466776. the same goes to AHCI (NCQ) controller on Intel ICH7, SiS onchip sata and ULI onchip NCQ capable sata controller (M1575. etc)

its purpose is to allow the installer to operate the storage controller (be it sata, pata or RAID) as it needs to copy the installation files from the CD to the drive. It doesn't depend on your drive configuration. As long as the OS installer fails to recognise the controller, be it native or onboard implementation, you will have to load the driver before starting the installation.

The_YongGrand: if you can install the OS without first loading any drivers, it means ur storage controller can be recognised by the standard IDE driver (or any other stock drivers) that comes with the OS installer. once the installation is completed, go grab the latest controller driver that's available on the manufacturer's site in order to obtain the best possible storage performance.

Chai · 10th Apr 2006, 07:23 AM

There's a reason for the standard OS drivers to detect SATA. But I can't remember...

SilentBotts · 10th Apr 2006, 08:04 AM

He doesn't have a SATA drive yet; he is asking if he needs to reinstall the OS to install the drivers if he does get one.

I have never needed to install any kind of drivers for a SATA drive, but I guess on some boards the SATA is tied in with the raid controller and you may have to install those drivers, whether you can do it after OS installation I know not.

8th Apr 2006, 11:12 PM	#1 (permalink)
The_YongGrand Super Active Join Date: 12 Feb 2005 Location: Somewhere in 甲洞... Posts: 2,102 Reputation: 611 Rep Power: 12	Before and after. When installing Windows, I had forgotten to press F6 and then put my SATA floppy and install SATA drivers. I don't have one SATA HDD yet, but just curious, how to install the SATA drivers without going back to the setup and press F6 and then install again? Can I just pop in the diskette and install it directly? __________________ Intel Pentium Dual-Core E2140, 2GB DDR2-667 RAM, Asus P5NSLI, Galaxy Geforce 8600GT AMD Athlon 64 X2 3800+, 2GB DDR2-667 RAM, Biostar Geforce 6100 AM2, Galaxy Geforce 7300GT

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kayFX Active Join Date: 4 Sep 2004 Location: in my room Posts: 600 Reputation: 253 Rep Power: 6	if using SATA controller from separate chip like silicon image or marvell you need the disket.. if controller integrated like intel chipset or nforce4 chipset no need the disket driver.. mien from silicon image so need disket, if dont install hardisk wont appear.. setup will say that no hdd install.. __________________ everyday learning a new thing.. hey, where is my trophy? http://valid.x86-secret.com/show_oc?id=92271

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PowerSlide Super Active Join Date: 28 Aug 2004 Location: Penang, Malaysia Posts: 1,383 Reputation: 871 Rep Power: 14	err..the floppy is the raid driver.. coz if single sata doesnt need any driver at all..

10th Apr 2006, 07:23 AM	#9 (permalink)
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