I recently put together a system that uses the Intel Z77 chipset and have observed a problem with the Hirens mini XP environment not recognizing the sata ports. I'm guessing that mini XP loads incompatible drivers??
All other boot utilities I have tried - system repair, Macrium pe, Partition Wizard ... work fine.
I mention this because the mini XP env bundles many tools and it may let you down with a Z77 chipset.
Edit: I've struck this problem before now I remember and it probably isn't a Z77 chipset issue. I'll run the Winpe environment instead of mini XP, I know that always works.
All other boot utilities I have tried - system repair, Macrium pe, Partition Wizard ... work fine.
I mention this because the mini XP env bundles many tools and it may let you down with a Z77 chipset.
Edit: I've struck this problem before now I remember and it probably isn't a Z77 chipset issue. I'll run the Winpe environment instead of mini XP, I know that always works.
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Windows 7x64 Home Premium SP1Intel i7 2600kG.Skill Ripjaws (DDR3-1600) 2x4GBNvidia GeForce GTS 450; Intel HD Graphics 300...
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- Windows 7x64 Home Premium SP1
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- Intel i7 2600k
- Motherboard
- ASUS P8Z68 Deluxe
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