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    Sony sata hard drive

    Discussion in 'VAIO / Sony' started by Dragonlvlage, May 29, 2008.

  1. Dragonlvlage

    Dragonlvlage Newbie

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    Hi guys, im in a bit of a pinch here i have a vgn-nr398d and im trying to put xp on it, and the windows cd is not identifying my sata hardrive, i cant find any storage management utilities for it, can someone help me out?
    thanks in advance.
     
    Dragonlvlage, May 29, 2008
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  2. John Ratsey

    John Ratsey Moderately inquisitive Super Moderator

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    I think you need is the chipset driver.

    However, the best solution is to use nLite to slipstream XP, the Sony XP drivers and XP SP3 into a new installation CD. This should support SATA and mean that the XP installation is ready to go with the right drivers and the various XP patches.

    John
     
    John Ratsey, May 30, 2008
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