Vista sata drivers install

Contact us. Close Menu. JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding. You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly. You should upgrade or use an alternative browser. Joined Jun 30, Messages 1, Does the same apply for Vista?

Farva Extremely [H]. Joined Feb 3, Messages 38, I think it has to do more so with your motherboard seeing it than the OS. It's pretty rare now to find a motherboard that does not support native SATA. Click to expand Joined Mar 30, Messages Vista is newer, so it should have more drivers than XP.

Also, I believe Vista will attempt to get drivers over the internet if it can. I haven't ever used a floppy with a vista install, I didn't need it. Joined Feb 6, Messages Sort of a side question but Because they're either lazy or don't offer them. You have an NF4 chipset board, so go to NVidia' site and download the chipset drivers for Vista there.

Rembrandt Gawd. Joined Mar 21, Messages Provides Suppliers with self-service tools targeted to the needs of their business. Register, access, and manage Lyve Mobile services, subscriptions and projects. View registered products, register new products, and find product specific support. Twitter Facebook Google Plus Linked in. Seagate does not supply drivers for SATA drives because hard drives themselves do not require specific device drivers. This is especially true if the hardware is newer than the operating system.

SATA add-on cards will more than likely prompt for a driver. In either case, if the drive is not recognized by the OS Setup software, then you will need to supply a controller device driver. If the SATA controller is recognized during Setup without special drivers, then you can complete the installation. After the initial setup, check for driver updates from the OS or controller manufacturer.

Common Windows scenario: When performing a new installation of Windows from CD of Windows XP or , you will be prompted to push the F6 key to "install additional controller drivers". The "additional controller driver" is the SATA controller driver.