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    If the notebook has a SATA harddrive, is it's run as SATA by default?

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by gohanssjn, Mar 7, 2007.

  1. gohanssjn

    gohanssjn Notebook Evangelist

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    Just curious.

    Installed Vista on my 1210 fresh and there was never a "insert SATA drivers" prompt like I used to get with XP.
     
    gohanssjn, Mar 7, 2007
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  2. Zero

    Zero The Random Guy

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    Windows Vista has SATA in built I believe. So, it simply picks the driver from its databse of drivers, and assigns it to the hard disk. Its similar like what Windows XP used to do with IDE hard disks. It asked for no driver there.
     
    Zero, Mar 7, 2007
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  3. Airman

    Airman Band of Gypsys NBR Reviewer

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    Zero's correct, Vista has built in SATA support which is a relief if you ask me.
     
    Airman, Mar 7, 2007
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    The SATA used by Intel in the newer systems is native, and doesn't require any special drivers. Reinstalling XP also doesn't require any special SATA controller drivers.
     
    WackyT, Mar 7, 2007
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    That is correct. This is chipset dependent though. Some chipsets, even on desktops, have the sata controllers act like ide controllers so you can install whatever you want without the requirement of special drivers. Then you can install the OS specific drivers once everything is running.
     
    shinji257, Mar 7, 2007
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