I am dualboting Vista and windows7 RC 32 bit. No Problems. I want delete the dual boot installation and do a clean install of windows7 64 bit. I cannot find 64 bit drivers for my 2 ultra promise 100 IDE controllers. Anybody know where I can get drivers for this ultra promise 100 IDE controlers.
Thanks
Fyrmn J in Philly
Have you run the compatibility test?
Did the 32-bit Windows automatically include the Promise drivers? This is a very common controller.
OK. I will ask one more time.
Have you run the compatibility test?
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...1-2497c146af15
Did the 32-bit Windows automatically include the Promise drivers? IF YES - you can be reasonably confident that the 64-bit version will also.
Sorry, I should have a little clearer in my presentation. At the present time I don't have the 64 bit system on my computer. I have the 32 bit system on my computer, so I can't run the compatibility test to see if the drivers will be there (in the 64 bit version) for the promise controller. But I do understand now what you are suggesting. I will install the 64 bit version and see what happens.
Thanks
FyrmnJ in Philly
Ok, I ran the compatibility test and the promise controller is the ONLY thing NOT compatible with windows7 (however when I use the drivers from the floppy disc that came with the controller it works for the 32 bit version). So I'm ok using the 32 bit version of Win7 RC. My question now is "should those drivers on the floppy that came with the controller work with the 64 bit version of Win7 RC? " If not whats my next move to get the two Hard drives connected to the controller to work with win7 RC 64 bit?
FyrmnJ in Philly
Silly question. Did you check with the Mfg.?
Also if you provide the model #s and you system specs we may be able to give more informed advice.
Ken
The Mfg does not have 64 bit drivers for this prodduct. Specs are below
Operating System System Model Windows 7 Ultimate (build 7100)
Install Language: English (United States)
System Locale: English (United States) No details available Processor a Main Circuit Board b 2.67 gigahertz Intel Core2 Quad Q6700
64 kilobyte primary memory cache
4096 kilobyte secondary memory cache
64-bit ready
Multi-core (4 total)
Not hyper-threaded Board: ASUSTeK Computer INC. P5B-Premium Rev 1.xx
Bus Clock: 266 megahertz
BIOS: American Megatrends Inc. 0705 07/13/2007 Drives Memory Modules c,d 488.79 Gigabytes Usable Hard Drive Capacity
193.97 Gigabytes Hard Drive Free Space
CD-ROM Drive
PLEXTOR DVDR PX-712A ATA Device [CD-ROM drive]
3.5" format removeable media [Floppy drive]
Disk drive (80.02 GB) -- drive 3
IOMEGA ZIP 100 SCSI Disk Device -- drive 5
Maxtor 3200 USB Device [Hard drive] (160.04 GB) -- drive 6, s/n 2CAH38D8
ST320414 A SCSI Disk Device (20.02 GB) -- drive 4, s/n 3EC0RH87, SMART Status: Healthy
ST380013AS [Hard drive] (80.03 GB) -- drive 2, s/n 5JV4DGXN, rev 3.18, SMART Status: Healthy
WDC WD740ADFD-00NLR5 [Hard drive] (74.36 GB) -- drive 1, s/n WD-WMANS1894169, rev 21.07QR5, SMART Status: Healthy
WDC WD740GD-00FLA0 [Hard drive] (74.36 GB) -- drive 0, s/n WD-WMAKE1502831, rev 21.08U21, SMART Status: Healthy 2496 Megabytes Usable Installed Memory
Slot 'DIMM0' has 1024 MB
Slot 'DIMM1' has 512 MB
Slot 'DIMM2' has 1024 MB
Slot 'DIMM3' has 512 MB Local Drive Volumes
c: (NTFS on drive 0) 31.87 GB 10.78 GB free d: (NTFS on drive 0) 31.98 GB 430 MB free e: (NTFS on drive 1) 74.35 GB 25.32 GB free f: (NTFS on drive 2) 3.14 GB 2.53 GB free g: (NTFS on drive 0) 10.49 GB 6.20 GB free h: (NTFS on drive 2) 76.88 GB 32.30 GB free k: (NTFS on drive 3) 14.69 GB 7.32 GB free l: (NTFS on drive 4) 11.63 GB 11.53 GB free m: (NTFS on drive 3) 15.48 GB 8.27 GB free n: (NTFS on drive 3) 15.00 GB 3.11 GB free o: (NTFS on drive 3) 3.08 GB 3.00 GB free p: (NTFS on drive 4) 8.39 GB 6.52 GB free q: (NTFS on drive 3) 8.59 GB 2.67 GB free r: (NTFS on drive 3) 23.18 GB 8.04 GB free v: (NTFS on drive 6) 127.83 GB 51.55 GB free w: (NTFS on drive 6) 32.21 GB 14.42 GB free Network Drives None detected
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