Download sata driver for win2000 and winXP

[joe sixpack]

I have tried for over 2 years with no sucess in finding downloadable sata drivers. I tried:

1) google search. Nothing. References to F6 and floppy disk i do not use. I need the actual name of the driver and where to download it.

2) Contacted Maxtor,WD, seagate. They refuse any support on this issue.

3) Motherboad and chipset manufactures also refuse and some tell me to contact #2!

4) Labtop manufactures Acer and Gatway completely rejected support and i was forced in returning them due to poor OS performance.

5) I even tried downloading other versions of windows such as win2kSP4 and winXP3. Ide OK. SATA-no hard drive found

The ultimate goal is to have both win2K and winXP nlite with built in sata support. HOWEVER, my top priorty is to download a working sata driver which supports intel and via chipsets. A download link would be greatly

[ccl0]

umm.. if i were you i would remove #5 before they lock this post

and if you have tried searching for two years then i'm surprised you did not run into driverpacks.net

[Ponch]

SATA drivers are for disk controlers, not for the disk itself.

+You've searched for two years and you expect us to find something without even telling what motherboard you're using ?

[boooggy]

i think he wants a generic one that works on all controlers.....

unfortunately there is no such driver.....

[jaclaz]

i think he wants a generic one that works on all controlers.....

unfortunately there is no such driver.....

Of course not, but there still is UNIATA :

http://alter.org.ua/en/soft/win/uni_ata/

that "cover" at leas a great part of the usual controllers, maybe it works for six pack.

@joe sixpack

Please POST some EXACT reference to the HARDWARE you are talking about.

jaclaz

[joe sixpack]

I have 2 of these boards.... http://www.idot.com.tw/en/products/mb-pc2500e/

Also a gateway m-1631u labtop

Also other boards with intel,via and ali chipsets.

[cdob]

mb-pc2500e

There are IDE and RAID drivers for a PC2500E http://www.idot.com.tw/en/downloads/

What's poor OS performance?

Why do you search SATA drivers at all?

What do you expect?

What's current condition?

Can you access the hard disk?

Which BIOS mode do you use?

Do you use IDE emulation, AHCI or RAID?

Be aware: the PC2500E use a VT8237, that's a old controller with a limitation:

Adjust a SATA II hard disk to SATA I speed.

As for Intel mass storage drivers read the sticky message http://www.msfn.org/board/37-t107504.html

VIA drivers http://www.viaarena.com/

A gateway m-1631u use a AMD RS690T Chipset http://www.gateway.com/systems/product/529668270.php

AMD drivers are at http://game.amd.com/us-en/drivers_catalyst.aspx

Finally there dosn't exist Windows 2000 for all SATA controllers.

[joe sixpack]

I have all drivers for every MB including IDE and Raid. Yes, i am aware of the 150M/s limit and have set sata drives accordingly. The issue is that win2000 or winXP do not detect the hard drive!

If i use seagate tools for DOS, it will identify the sata hard drive. Also the bios detects the hard drive. This is true for the C7 via motherboard and any other motherboard which i did not list in thread. I also downloaded the recommended unified drivers version Busmaster-39j.rar and Busmaster-v3d.rar. The read me and website only provide instructions for installation AFTER OS is installed. My issue is i can not install OS.

[dencorso]

@joe sixpack:

Did you enter BIOS, go to "Advanced" -> "I/O Device Configuration" -> "Onboard ATA Boot ROM" and set it to "Enabled"? If not, do it! It'll just work.

[ccl0]

i'm shocked you guys want to help him, with him admitting to downloading different copies of windows. i thought that was a big no-no here

[jaclaz]

i'm shocked you guys want to help him, with him admitting to downloading different copies of windows. i thought that was a big no-no here

To me it isn't so obvious.

I read:

5) I even tried downloading other versions of windows such as win2kSP4 and winXP3.

as:

5) I even tried downloading Service Packs of windows such as win2kSP4 and winXP3.

jaclaz