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Windows 7 installer not able to find SATA RAID device driver
I have XP running with a Samsung 840 EVO SSD:
Motherboard: ASUS P5KPL-CM
Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo CPU E7400 @ 2.80 GHz
AMIBIOS:
Version 0606
Build date 03/11/09
Bios IDE Config:
ATA/IDE Configuration [Enhanced]
Enhanced Mode Support on [S-ATA]
I have swapped the current SSD for a new one (nothing on it) and want to install Windows 7 onto it. On booting from the installer 7 DVD disk I'm getting:
Select the driver to be installed:
Load the driver:
"A required CD/DVD drive driver is missing. If you have a driver floppy disk. CD, DVD or USB flash drive..."
It then asks you to browse the missing driver.
From looking at the forum's I think this error is due installer not being able to find the SATA device driver.
It needs something like:
Intel (R) 6 Series C100 Series Chipset Family 6 Port SATA AHCI Controller
What I'm confused about is that I must have a SATA device driver as I have one SSD
running under XP. So is it just a case of finding this device driver in an XP windows folder?
Or do I need a more modern one - an ACHI SATA driver for running under Windows 7?
The other confusing thing is that the forums point one at the motherboard manufacturer
for the driver but ASUS don't have anything on the website. So is it intel I should be looking at or in fact Samsung!
Thanks for any pointers.