Loading sata drivers during setup

turboman

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In this tutorial,

http://www.eightforums.com/tutorials/9573-sata-driver-load-windows-8-setup.html?filter[2]=Installation and Setup

it is said that loading drivers during setup is only required if the setup cannot find the harddrive.

In attached readme file for the Intel Rapid Storage Technology, see section 5.1.1, it is said that preloading is required for systems configured for AHCI and RAID. I understand that AHCI is the normal case these days. So my interpretation is that preloading is always required. That is different from what is said in the tutorial.

So I am confused about that. What is the correct way?
 

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hello
Anyone with comments on that? Any help is much appreciated.
 

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System One

  • OS
    Windows 8 PRO 64bit
    CPU
    Intel Core i5-3570
    Motherboard
    Asus P8Z77-V
    Memory
    2 x 4GB Crucial Ballistix Sport DDR3-1600-CL9
    Hard Drives
    SSD Samsung 840PRO 128Gb
    WD 2 x 20EFRX
    PSU
    Seasonic Platinum 660W
    Case
    Lian Li PC-7HXB
    Cooling
    Corsair H80i
    Keyboard
    Logitech 750r
    Mouse
    Logitech Anywhere MX
Just ignore what is present in the intel read me file

Sata driver loading is only required only if setup can`t find HDD like you said in the first post
 

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    160 GB HDD
The readme is covering, from the first WIN XP CD with no Sata Controller drivers to Windows 8 with most Sata Controller drivers.
 

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