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    Gettind HDD driver

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by ViolentArmy, May 14, 2011.

  1. ViolentArmy

    ViolentArmy Notebook Consultant

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    I'm looking to get a driver for an older Hard Drive I have, the computer it used to be on broke down but the drive is still good, I switched it over to my new computer but I can't find the correct drivers for it to run

    The model number is st9120823as

    Its a seagate, 120GB, 7200RPM 2.5" internal drive

    Any help would be appreciated.
     
    ViolentArmy, May 14, 2011
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  2. newsposter

    newsposter Notebook Virtuoso

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    Ah, what OS? And what kind of machine are you trying to run it from and what kind of machine was it originally installed on.

    Can't read minds.....

    That's a sata drive but win7 should be able to talk to it just fine.

    does your machine bios see it?
     
    newsposter, May 15, 2011
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  3. Tsunade_Hime

    Tsunade_Hime such bacon. wow

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    Are you talking about the F6 SATA driver?
     
    Tsunade_Hime, May 15, 2011
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  4. Agent 9

    Agent 9 Notebook Consultant

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    You don't need drivers for a hard drive (well not in most situations anyways), but you DO need to format the hard drive before use
     
    Agent 9, May 15, 2011
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  5. weinter

    weinter /dev/null

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    There are only drivers for the harddisk controller, the harddisk doesn't use drivers.
     
    weinter, May 15, 2011
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  6. ViolentArmy

    ViolentArmy Notebook Consultant

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    Sorry to be vague with he original post, but I figured it out, I ended up just having to restart it again and then it recognized the drive. The first time I booted up my computer the Intel RST recognized the drive but I couldn't access it through My Computer. I also didn't have to format it initally which was good since I had important documents on it, but Now ive reformated it and it works flawlessly.

    Thanks for all the help guys
     
    ViolentArmy, May 17, 2011
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