Drivers and Utilities

[#1]

I need a sata driver presumably (or some other?) I have slip streamed just about every file I could find here to my XP install, and none of them work, XP never finds my sata drive.

I'm sure many people have installed to this model or similar, can someone tell me what to look for/what to use to install it? Thanks so much.

If you rather email me the answer, justforbees@live.com

[#2]

PRESS F2 DURING BOOT TO ACCESS BIOS. USE RIGHT ARROW KEY TO GO TO ADVANCED. DOWN ARROW TO THE BOTTOM OF THE MENU FOR SATA CONTROLLER. PRESS ENTER TO SET SATA CONTROL TO COMPATABILITY MODE. CHANGE BOOT SEQUENCE TO DVD DRIVE FIRST, THEN HDD SECOND. INSERT WIN XP DISC INTO DRIVE. EXIT BIOS SAVING CHANGES. THE SYSTEM WILL REBOOT. THEN LOAD XP AS NORMAL. YOU WILL WANT TO DELETE THE VISTA PARTION C. THE OTHER TWO SMALLER PARTITIONS YOU CAN LEAVE ALONE. THIS WAY IF YOU EVER WANT TO GO BACK TO VISTA YOU CAN USE RECOVERY TO DO SO. PLEASE NOTE THAT BEFORE DOING THIS YOU MAY WANT TO USE THE TOSHIBA RECOVERY DISC CREATOR AND CREATE YOUR VISTA RECOVERY DISCS FIRST UNLESS YOU HAVE NO PLANS TO GO BACK TO VISTA. IF YOU NEVER WANT TO GO BACK TO VISTA YOU CAN DELETE ALL PARTITIONS CREATED FOR VISTA BUT YOU WILL NOT BE ABLE TO GO BACK AND RE-INSTALL UNLESS YOU HAVE AN OEM VISTA DISC. HOPE THIS HELPS. GOD BLESS.

[#3]

I've got kinda the same problem..I'm trying to install a fresh copy of vista and it says no hard drive can be found. It(the hard drive) shows up in the bios. It says I need to load the drivers for mass storage. I have a A205-S4777 sattelite. I thought Vista had the drivers I needed already..any ideas? Thanks.

[#4]

Actually, I cannot set up anything for my SATA controller in my bios. I'm not sure if you're even talking about my same model, but there's nothing like that in the bios.

[#5]

It's in that bios someplace. 

Did you try this method of integrating the SATA drivers using the ones they provide?  That has always worked on that chipset for me. 

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You need to make sure that your XP install disk is at least SP1 level or higher for it to recognize a hard drive larger than 137gb in size.  You can integrate SP1, 2, or 3 into your XP Install Disk by using nLite as per this guide.

Because Windows XP doesn't have native SATA support you'll need to do one of two things to install XP on your system.  You'll need to follow this guide to integrate your SATA drivers into your XP Install Disk.  Do yourself a huge favor and use the SATA drivers that they provide.  You can integrate your Service Packs during this procedure as well.

The other option is as follows. 

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Enter the Bios and change from AHCI Mode to Compatibility Mode, boot from the XP Install Disk, and install XP as usual.

Switching back to AHCI (Runs a little faster than ATA mode)

 - First step is to install the basic Motherboard Chipset Driver and ONLY this driver. Do

not install anything else prior to installing the Intel Matrix Storage Manager Driver as

outlined below.

- Download the Intel Matrix Storage Manager here:
http://downloadcenter.intel.com/Product_Filter.aspx?ProductID=2101

- Once you download the file, run it with the -a switch:
    iata89_enu.exe -a

This will NOT install the Matrix Storage Manager. What this will do is run the installer, and

ONLY EXTRACT the files to C:\Program Files\Intel\Intel Matrix Storage Manager. Again, this

does NOT install anything.

- Your drivers are now located in C:\Program Files\Intel\Intel Matrix Storage Manager. They

will be found in either \Driver, or \Driver64, depending on whether you're running a 32-bit

or 64-bit OS.

- Go to Device Manager --> IDE ATA/ATAPI controllers. Double-click on the Intel ICH8M 3-port

SATA Controller - 2828... remember, *ONLY* click on the device that ends with 2828.

- Go to Driver tab, and choose to Update Driver.

- Tell the Wizard prompts:
- No, not this time
- Install from a list or specific location (Advanced)
- Don't Search. I will choose the driver to install.
- Click the "Have Disk" button. Point it to C:\Program Files\Intel\Intel Matrix Storage

Manager\Driver (or Driver64).
- Choose the driver you want to install....
- After you install the driver and click OK out of every menu, reboot the laptop.

-) During reboot, go into BIOS and turn on AHCI mode
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Install your drivers in this order.
Restart after each driver and take the time to test between drivers.
Some will apply and some won't.

Chipset software
Display driver
Sound driver
Modem Driver
If your machine has the internal WiFi card, then install the WLAN and/or WiFi driver
ACPI Common Modules (required for Power management tools to function)
Toshiba Console
Display Hotkey utility
Touchpad Driver
Touchpad enable/disable utility
Toshiba Network Device Switch utility
Toshiba Power Saver Utility
Toshiba Controls
Toshiba Utilities

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[#6]

I don't know why people keep telling me to change in the bios the SATA ahci mode, because even with an updated bios, I still have no option to change ahci.

[#7]

Helgen, my reply is one that I have saved and post every time someone asks the question.  While some people don't have that bios option most do (especially the Intel and nVidia chipsets).  In your case I have NEVER seen an Intel chipset system with SATA that DOES NOT have this bios option.  I'm sorry if you were upset by my posting that information, but those two methods are the ONLY two known methods to install XP on a system with a SATA controller.  Integrating the SATA drivers is the PREFERRED method, but some people are scared to try that so I always post both methods.

[#8]

OK, I will make a video showing you that I don't have this option... When you se it's not there, can you help me at least with which exact driver I should slipstream into my XP disk? Thanks a lot.

[#9]

Now if the options is there and I don't see it, then I must be retarded as hell.

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[#10]

Okay, it isn't in there.  I concede to that.  Just follow this guide for integrating the SATA drivers.  Use the drivers THAT GUIDE tells you to use (they provide a link to them in the guide).  I have used that guide to create integrated XP install disks using those drivers and they have ALWAYS worked on that chipset for me.