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    problem reformating MX6455

    Discussion in 'Gateway and eMachines' started by MX6455, Dec 25, 2007.

  1. MX6455

    MX6455 Newbie

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    i just got a laptop from my brother because it was cheap and fairly fast. Anyways, its a Gateway laptop and i want to reformat it to clear all the preloaded junk on it. Everytime i put in the Xp disk and get to the "welcome to setup" screen, once i select "to set up windows..." the next screen says there is no hard disk drives installed on my computer.
    setup cannot continue....

    wtf! it wont let me reformat it. anyone know how to get me rolling?

    i searched and apparently i need a SATA driver slipstreamed into my xp disk.
    i found this driver but its not for my model. anyone know where i can get the correct driver or if this one will work?
    http://support.gateway.com/support/...pport DriverVersion: 5.5.0.1035&uid=181945403
     
    MX6455, Dec 25, 2007
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  2. Caviman2201

    Caviman2201 Notebook Geek

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    according to Gateway's website, you have a Hitachi 120GB 4200RPM E-IDE drive... model # HTS421212H9AT00

    not SATA
     
    Caviman2201, Dec 28, 2007
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