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OK &nbsp;- where will I get the SATA Driver?<br />

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OK  - where will I get the SATA Driver?


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Your best bet would be to use an XP Disk from Dell
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Your best bet would be to use an XP Disk from Dell

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download it from dell web site and have it on a floppy diskette.
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download it from dell web site and have it on a floppy diskette.

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OK - Changed the Bios to ATA and it works thanks
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OK - Changed the Bios to ATA and it works thanks

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I am reinstalling Windoe XP on a Dell Vostro 1510 laptop. I have a full XP disk (that Ihave used many times before) and I have tried three different Sata hard disks in the laptop. I have even tried a newly formatted one. However XP comes up and says that there are no hard disks installed in the laptop - even tho 'it has benn recognised in the BIOS - What is happening??
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I am reinstalling Windoe XP on a Dell Vostro 1510 laptop. I have a full XP disk (that Ihave used many times before) and I have tried three different Sata hard disks in the laptop. I have even tried a newly formatted one. However XP comes up and says that there are no hard disks installed in the laptop - even tho 'it has benn recognised in the BIOS - What is happening??

Hard Disk not recognised

Microsoft Windows XP is the sixth release of the NT series of operating systems, and was the first to be marketed in a variety of editions: XP Home and XP Professional, designed for business and power users. The advanced features in XP Professional are generally disabled in Home Edition, but are there and can be activated. There were two 64-bit editions, an embedded edition and a tablet edition.

Windows XP

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