do hardrives need drivers installed?
- Thread starter Ryan_Sama
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No they don't. The only thing you may need is drivers for your SATA controller if you are installing windows xp. You'll have to format it to be able to use it, I just posted directions in another thread (http://www.computerforum.com/1133309-post5.html) if you need them.
It also depends on the board too for XP. On the last build here to see XP go on you had to use the press F6 for drivers option when first starting the installer to see the sata controller drivers copied from a floppy and loaded. The hard drive could then seen by the installer itself.
On the present board XP simply goes right on without fuss do to a newer updated chipset. Any drivers needed will either be on the software disk for the main board or at the board manufacturer's support site. For simply adding in a second storage drive the Disk Management tool in Windows or any 3 rd party partitioning tool will work for that. Vista already has it's own generic sata controller drivers included.
On the present board XP simply goes right on without fuss do to a newer updated chipset. Any drivers needed will either be on the software disk for the main board or at the board manufacturer's support site. For simply adding in a second storage drive the Disk Management tool in Windows or any 3 rd party partitioning tool will work for that. Vista already has it's own generic sata controller drivers included.
He also pointed to another thread too!
On many older boards when going to install XP you had to either make up a driver floppy and use the F6 option seen on the first install screen or wait for the second and use the press S for special devices option choosing the chipset seen in a list that was closest to the one on your board.
Vista solved all that fast by seeing a set of generic drivers included in it for easy installation. One thing to add here was that when going to buy a drive retail back in the 90's you would see a floppy included along with an ide ribbon cable. The floppy would see drive tools provided by the manufacturer for maintainence and diagnostics mainly.
He also pointed to another thread too!
Yes. It was easier to do that, than rewrite what he had written earlier.
Okay. I read this a few times and determined that it doesn't likely help the OP. So, why post this twice?
No, there's nothing left to add. Absolutely nothing.
^ Do you really believe that this information "adds" to the thread? Do you really think that we need to know that, in the 1990s, an IDE cable was included with a floppy drive? I'm not trying to nitpick, I just fail to see or understand why you're writing this stuff. It doesn't make any sense.
He also pointed to another thread too!
On many older boards when going to install XP you had to either make up a driver floppy and use the F6 option seen on the first install screen or wait for the second and use the press S for special devices option choosing the chipset seen in a list that was closest to the one on your board.
Vista solved all that fast by seeing a set of generic drivers included in it for easy installation.
Really its the other way around. The original XP pre SP, had more older chipset generic drivers than newer chipsets. Thats why you had to use F6 to install (newer) boards Sata drivers
What older boards than XP had Sata that your talking about? This thread is about Sata drives isnt it?
Thats why untill XP SP1/2 came out you had to use the F6 to install Sata drivers for the newer boards that had Sata.
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