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    Driver For WD800BEVS Hard Drive

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by philouzo, Oct 24, 2009.

  1. philouzo

    philouzo Newbie

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    I need a Driver for a Western Digital WD800BEVS 2.5" hard drive... Can anyone help? preferably FREE
     
    philouzo, Oct 24, 2009
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    melthd Notebook Evangelist

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    i think Western Digital does not make drivers/updates for their hard drives. i checked the WD website once, and if im not mistaken they rely on the BIOS thingies...i know its awfully vague, but basically im saying there will never be drivers for any WD drives
     
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    garetjax NBR Freelance Reviewer NBR Reviewer

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    There is no such thing as a "driver" for hard drives. Are you referring to HDD firmware maybe? If so, you might see if Western Digital has firmware updates for your hard drive on their site, but in all honesty I doubt it. Simply put, hard drives are one of the few computer hardware devices that do not require driver updates, or really, firmware updates for that matter.

    In any event, you should be able to just pop the hard drive in, go to your BIOS, ensure that it's recognized as a SATA device and you're good to go.
     
    garetjax, Oct 24, 2009
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  4. philouzo

    philouzo Newbie

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    the problem is i fdisked my drive and now when i try to load any version of windows its asking for the driver for the hard drive??? as for th BIOS there is very little information on the drives! i was told i could change from SATA to IDE and this would work, but its not an option in the BIOS
     
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    philouzo Newbie

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    think i might need third party RAID??????????
     
    philouzo, Oct 24, 2009
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    garetjax NBR Freelance Reviewer NBR Reviewer

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    Are you referring to the "Hit F6 to load SCSI or RAID drivers" message during a Windows XP installation?
     
    garetjax, Oct 25, 2009
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  7. t30power

    t30power Notebook Deity

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    You need to go to your laptop BIOS and go to Hard disk section, there should be something like AHCI, and Compatibility Mode.
    If you are installing XP you need the SATA driver, which is not specifically to the HDD, to bypass this choose Compatibility mode in the BIOS and install Windows, then download the appropiate driver from the manufacturers's (AHCI Matrix Intel Storage driver) and reenable AHCI on the BIOS.
     
    t30power, Oct 26, 2009
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