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SATA Controller Driver - Where and Which?
I'd posted here a while ago about my misadventures with Win 8 (attached thread). Basically, tried to remove a Win 8 Consumer Beta by installing Win 7 over it, and didn't work. I compounded the error by, in a series of missteps, essentially wiping the hard drive clean to the point where I get a "Operation System Not Found" error when I try to boot. I do see the hard drive in Setup (F2)
In the attached thread, someone was kind enough to tell me that I needed to install new SATA controller drivers so the HDD would be recognized. However, when I go to the link I was given (to an Intel download site), I cannot find any Win 7 SATA drivers there. I am most likely looking in the wrong place, or don't know what to look for.
Can someone help? How can I find which SATA controller driver I am supposed to download, and where do I find it?
System info:
Dell Inspiron 17R notebook
Fixed HDD: ST9750420AS-(S0)
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MY OLD THREAD:
Hard drive not detected - bad breakup with Win 8 Consumer Beta