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    Help with installing windows vista ultimate x64

    Discussion in 'MSI' started by AndrewB2010, May 23, 2009.

  1. AndrewB2010

    AndrewB2010 Notebook Guru

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    hello i just recently purchased the MSI EX625. its only about two weeks old and i decided to upgrade from home premium to ultimate. So i did a fresh install i formatted my hard drive and created new allocations. well for some reason i get to this driver device screen and it says "to install the device driver needed to access your hard drive insert installation media containing the driver". i have no idea what this means? do i need some sort of driver for my hard drive? if anyone has any suggestions i would greatly appreciate it. thanks
     
    AndrewB2010, May 23, 2009
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  2. Mark121

    Mark121 Notebook Consultant

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    I'm assuming that vista wants AHCI driver to proceed.
    If you can go to the BIOS and disable or change AHCI to enhanced or compatible mode instead and run the setup again.
    Good luck.
     
    Mark121, May 23, 2009
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  3. Justin@XoticPC

    Justin@XoticPC Company Representative

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    Mark121 is correct, sounds like AHCI. You can slipstream it into a XP Install or move it to a USB Floppy if you have a USB Floppy Drive.
     
    Justin@XoticPC, May 23, 2009
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