driver to instal lwindows on PCI card

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How do I install the driver for the PATA/IDE/SATA card during windows first
install so that the hard drives can be accessed?

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How do I install the driver for the PATA/IDE/SATA card during windows
first
install so that the hard drives can be accessed?

Thanks,
J.
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Your card/hardware came with an installation/driver disk. During the
installation process follow the prompts (I think it is something like F6 but
it has been a while) and select to install a third party HDD/RAID driver. It
has been a long time but that's where you do it - during the install itself
before it gets anything even loaded.

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Jason said:
How do I install the driver for the PATA/IDE/SATA card during windows first
install so that the hard drives can be accessed?

Thanks,
J.
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I haven't used it, but you might try this. nLite.
Drivers can be integrated if they are in the right form (INF).
When finished, you have a new Windows installer CD.

http://www.nliteos.com/guide/part1.html

Paul
 

Most be an a floppy drive or floppy formatted compatible flash drive.
You can buy a USB floppy drive.
 
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So the driver CD will work? It doesn't have to be on floppy any more?
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I've seen CD, floppy, and even flash drives from the OEM.

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"In solving a problem of this sort, the grand thing is to be able to reason
backwards. That is a very useful accomplishment, and a
very easy one, but people do not practise it much. In the every-day affairs
of life it is more useful to reason forwards, and so
the other comes to be neglected. There are fifty who can reason
synthetically for one who can reason analytically." - Sherlock
Holmes
 
Unless you want to slipstream the sata drivers into a new operating system
install cd, the answer is no, You have to press F6 and you have to have a
floppy drive for the drivers to be found. after pressing F6 pay close
attention to the screen, it will take a few minutes for the actually request
to mount the floppy drive with the drivers. Be Patient.
 
can I copy the drivers (inf files, sys files etc) from the CD/hard drive to
a freshly formatted floppy disk.
 
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yea but will windows 1st install process read them?
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Every time I have gone through the process the answer has been yes. I
imagine there are some exceptions but so far so good.

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Galen (Not Current MS-MVP)

My Geek Site: http://kgiii.info
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"In solving a problem of this sort, the grand thing is to be able to reason
backwards. That is a very useful accomplishment, and a
very easy one, but people do not practise it much. In the every-day affairs
of life it is more useful to reason forwards, and so
the other comes to be neglected. There are fifty who can reason
synthetically for one who can reason analytically." - Sherlock
Holmes
 
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