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O.P. Need help with SATA and XP
Here's the situation. It's a new laptop that came with no software, and I wanted to install XP on it. But alas, XP thinks there is no HDD, so it can't install. As I was kindly told on IRC earlier, XP and SATA don't mix well, so I read around on the Internet and concluded that I need SATA driver(s).

(I did read about how to install it without a floppy drive etc, so that's not an issue.)

My real problem is, I don't really know what kinda driver I need. The HDD is, according to BIOS, a Samsung HM250JI. And as for any information about the chipset, the only thing I could find out was that it's "Intel 965PM chip". The latter piece of info led me to here, and now I'm wondering, are those okay?

I did email the customer service of my computer shop with this as well, but I don't expect a very useful reply, so I really hope you guys can help me. ;(
02-28-2008 10:16 PM
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Need help with SATA and XP - by Aeryn on 02-28-2008 at 10:16 PM
RE: Need help with SATA and XP - by ShawnZ on 02-29-2008 at 03:13 AM
RE: Need help with SATA and XP - by Aardvark on 02-29-2008 at 09:04 AM
RE: RE: Need help with SATA and XP - by Aeryn on 02-29-2008 at 12:31 PM
RE: Need help with SATA and XP - by vaccination on 02-29-2008 at 09:19 AM
RE: Need help with SATA and XP - by YottabyteWizard on 02-29-2008 at 06:23 PM
RE: RE: Need help with SATA and XP - by Aardvark on 03-01-2008 at 12:38 AM
RE: Need help with SATA and XP - by ShawnZ on 03-01-2008 at 02:08 AM
RE: Need help with SATA and XP - by YottabyteWizard on 03-01-2008 at 09:17 AM


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