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The driver you need is for the onboard IDE/SATA controller. Locate the make and model of your motherboard, visit the support site that they have online, download the driver for the IDE/SATA/RAID (if applicable) controller.
SATA HARD DRIVE - XP INSTALLATION The problem is that XP installation CD does not have a SATA driver, unless you have a SATA drive on a disk etc. and can install the driver when XP asks for a hard drive driver then, XP cannot detect the hard disk and therefore won't install XP. The FIX. Go into the BIOS and disable the SATA drive (enable IDE emulation), this will make XP think it is a IDE/PATA hard disk. Then you can install XP normally. When Windows has been installed then install all the device drivers (including the SATA driver), then shut down and boot up and got into the BIOS and enable the SATA drive.
Download the LAN and device drivers from the Acer WEB site. Makesure you select the model of your laptop the drivers you that require thatmatches the Windows version that is installed on your laptop. Use this link toget to the Acer support: - http://www.acersupport.com/drivers_download.aspx
if this driver is not right http://download.cnet.com/2000-20_4.html on the home page you should see a search tab just type in what you are looking for eg:motherboard name ethernet driver you might have to try a few times to get it right
You need to have xp cd with sata disk driver support. You can make xp with sata driver verymuch easily by downloading sata driver from intel site or other site and merging with xp cd. Inorder to merge xp with sata driver you need to use the nlite software whcih can be downloaded from .http://www.nliteos.com/ For guide for creating xp with sata use this link http://www.nliteos.com/guide/ For sata driver u can use this link http://www.zyxware.com/articles/2008/10/07/compaq-presario-cq40-108tu-laptop-drivers-for-windows-xp evenethogh it is different model sata driver will be same and it will support for this model also
XP installation does not have SATA drivers.
You need to have the SATA driver on a floppy disk and during the XP installation press F6 to install the SATA driver.
The other alternative is to change the BIOS configuration and set the disk controller to IDE or SATA native driver, then install XP.
After Windows installation then install the SATA driver.
Download the driver from the motherboard WEB site.
Yes you can but disable the SATA in the BIOS first and after Xp is installed you can install the SATA driver.
XP does not have a SATA driver or a SCSI driver on the CD and you need to interrupt the install process to insert this driver.
Leave the BIOS set to SATA, download the SATA driver and create a floppy with the SATA driver. Boot up the Windows XP install disk and when it asks for a a hard disk driver press F6 (I think it is this key, you have to be quick) insert the floppy with the SATA driver.
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