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    Sata Controller For XP MCE

    Discussion in 'MSI' started by Elijah15, Dec 21, 2007.

  1. Elijah15

    Elijah15 Newbie

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    Hi all. I have an MSI notebook, it's called a ZT s1003i-15.
    The specs are: 120 GB Sata HDD, DVDRW/CDRW, 15.4 WXGA, 2 GB 667MHz Mem, Vista Premium.

    I want to put windows xp media center on it because as we all know vista is a koooky OS. So I go into my bios>Set it to boot from my optical drive>Put in disc 1 of windows xp media center>Press a key to boot from it> It loads it's driver files>Then Says "Setup Cannot Detect any Hard Drive Press F3 to...blablabla.

    I worked a'lot on it yesterday but all I found out was that it needs some sort of sata controller.

    So right now. I need a sata controller for xp. And I need to integrate it onto an xp mce cd b/c I have no floppy drive.

    So can somebody tell me where to get the sata controller and how to integrate it on the CD?

    Thanks :eek:
     
    Elijah15, Dec 21, 2007
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  2. robm@rkcomputer.net

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    You do not need to mess with a sata controller. Enter the bios setup and should be under the advanced tab you will see: "AHCI MODE". change it to either IDE or disabled, whatever choice is available will work. Now XP will find your hard disk...................
     
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    yy17616422, Dec 29, 2007
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