SATA Driver - Load in Windows 8 Setup

How to Load SATA Drivers During Windows 8 Setup​

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This will show you how to load the SATA driver during the Windows 8 setup when setup cannot find your hard drive.

Here's How:

1) Copy your SATA drivers to a disk. (Floppy, CD, USB)
NOTE: Keep this disk in a safe place, as it will be need to use in the Recovery Console.
System Image Recovery - Restore Image on Computer in Windows 8

2) Click Load Drivers

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3) Click Cancel

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4) Click Browse.

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5) Choose your Sata Controller. Click OK
NOTE: For this example, I am using JMB363.

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6) Click OK

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7) Click Unhide

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8) Choose your Sata Controller. Click Next

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9) Continue with setup.

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All Done
Ray

Related Tutorials

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• How to Do a Dual Boot Installation with Windows 8 and Windows 7 or Vista
• How to Do a Clean Install of Windows 8 or Windows 8.1
• How to Enable or Disable the New Windows 8 Startup Options Boot Menu
• How to Choose a Default Operating System to Run at Startup in Windows 8
• How to Load SATA Drivers in Windows 8 System Image Recovery
• How to Open Device Manager During Installation of Windows 8 and 8.1

 

[iseeuu]

Well done! I give it a 10!

Robert

 

[theog]

Thank you, Robert.
Ray

 

[Hopachi]

Nice tutorial!

I'm impressed because standard SATA drivers should be included on the Win8 DVD.
On all the VM's and the laptops I use SATA and the disk shows always on the list.
But yes, it depends what hardware you use.

If one day I'll see nothing on the list, I'll try not to freak out and take a look here.

Thanks
Hopachi

 

[theog]

Thank you, Hopachi.

 

[lookito]

i cant pass step 8 any driver that i choose isnt the correct one i have done the same thing on windows 7 plenty of times on this pc so i really dont know what's the problem

 

[theog]

i cant pass step 8 any driver that i choose isnt the correct one i have done the same thing on windows 7 plenty of times on this pc so i really dont know what's the problem

Are you doing STEP 7.

also are using the updated Windows 8 driver.

 

[lookito]

yes i am doing it but it has a lot of drivers and i dont know who to choose regarding the driver is this http://downloadcenter.intel.com/SearchResult.aspx?lang=eng&ProductFamily=Software+Products&ProductLine=Chipset+Software&ProductProduct=Intel%C2%AE+Rapid+Storage+Technology+(Intel%C2%AE+RST)

 

[theog]

yes i am doing it but it has a lot of drivers and i dont know who to choose regarding the driver is this http://downloadcenter.intel.com/SearchResult.aspx?lang=eng&ProductFamily=Software+Products&ProductLine=Chipset+Software&ProductProduct=Intel%C2%AE+Rapid+Storage+Technology+(Intel%C2%AE+RST)

32 bit or 64 bit.


Should not need Intel.

 

[lookito]

64 bit i did excatly the same thing with the same drivers and a windows 7 bootable usb and i was ok so i saw also this thread http://www.eightforums.com/installation-setup/2647-wont-install-driver-issues-2.html and i will tested as quick as possible

 

[robertchatty]

How to obtain SATA drivers of Windows 7

5) Choose your Sata Controller. Click OK
NOTE: For this example, I am using JMB363.

I have windows 7 and when trying to install Windows 8, it cannot find my laptop's Hard Drive.
According to your tutorial, I can make Win 8 recognize the SATA HDD. But how can I get my Windows 7 SATA drivers? Is there any topic on sevenforums or here that can shows how to do it?

 

[theog]

5) Choose your Sata Controller. Click OK
NOTE: For this example, I am using JMB363.

I have windows 7 and when trying to install Windows 8, it cannot find my laptop's Hard Drive.
According to your tutorial, I can make Win 8 recognize the SATA HDD. But how can I get my Windows 7 SATA drivers? Is there any topic on sevenforums or here that can shows how to do it?

Welcome to EightForums

You need to download your drivers from the manufacturer's website.

 

[robertchatty]

Thank you,
What are SATA drivers actually for? Are they the drivers to HDD, GPU, CPU, Chipset...?
My laptop is "Toshiba Satellite C655-S5049". In the download page on Toshiba website, I cannot locate SATA drivers?
Where can I get my SATA Drivers? Thank you for your great forum.

Toshiba Satellite C655-S5049
Processor: Intel® Celeron® processor 900o 2.2GHz, 1MB L2 Cache, 800MHz FSB
Chipset: Mobile Intel® GL40 Express Chipset
Graphics: Intel® Graphics Media Accelerator 4500M with 128MB-829MB
Memory: Configured with 2GB DDR3 (max 4GB, works at 800MHz)
Storage Drive: 250GB (5400 RPM) Serial ATA hard disk drive
Operating System: Windows 7 Pro 64bit

 

[Brink]

Hello Robert,

You can get the latest Intel AHCI/SATA drivers for Windows 8 at the Intel link below.

http://downloadcenter.intel.com/SearchResult.aspx?lang=eng&keyword="AHCI+SATA+Driver"

 

[theog]

Thank you,
What are SATA drivers actually for? Are they the drivers to HDD, GPU, CPU, Chipset...?
My laptop is "Toshiba Satellite C655-S5049". In the download page on Toshiba website, I cannot locate SATA drivers?
Where can I get my SATA Drivers? Thank you for your great forum.

Toshiba Satellite C655-S5049
Processor: Intel® Celeron® processor 900o 2.2GHz, 1MB L2 Cache, 800MHz FSB
Chipset: Mobile Intel® GL40 Express Chipset
Graphics: Intel® Graphics Media Accelerator 4500M with 128MB-829MB
Memory: Configured with 2GB DDR3 (max 4GB, works at 800MHz)
Storage Drive: 250GB (5400 RPM) Serial ATA hard disk drive
Operating System: Windows 7 Pro 64bit

Hello Robert,

You can get the latest Intel AHCI/SATA drivers for Windows 8 at the Intel link below.

http://downloadcenter.intel.com/SearchResult.aspx?lang=eng&keyword="AHCI+SATA+Driver"

You can find more of drivers here:
Model Content Page

From I can see most of them are BETA drivers for Windows 8.

 

[robertchatty]

Which one should I download as my SATA driver?
* Intel Management Engine Interface v6.0.40.1215 (Security Driver Utility Application Special)
* Intel Rapid Storage Technology Driver v11.5.2.1001 (Driver HDD)

Just one more question; since this is an msi .exe file, can it be installed while I am stuck in not recognizing my HDD window during installation of Win 8? Or I need to decompile (extract) it? If so, how can I extract .exe files?

 

[theog]

View attachment 11123
Which one should I download as my SATA driver?
* Intel Management Engine Interface v6.0.40.1215 (Security Driver Utility Application Special)
* Intel Rapid Storage Technology Driver v11.5.2.1001 (Driver HDD)

Just one more question; since this is an msi .exe file, can it be installed while I am stuck in not recognizing my HDD window during installation of Win 8? Or I need to decompile (extract) it? If so, how can I extract .exe files?

Download from here:
http://downloadcenter.intel.com/Sea...=Intel®+Rapid+Storage+Technology+(Intel®+RST)




32 bit or 64 bit

 

[TORO35]

View attachment 11123
Which one should I download as my SATA driver?
* Intel Management Engine Interface v6.0.40.1215 (Security Driver Utility Application Special)
* Intel Rapid Storage Technology Driver v11.5.2.1001 (Driver HDD)

Just one more question; since this is an msi .exe file, can it be installed while I am stuck in not recognizing my HDD window during installation of Win 8? Or I need to decompile (extract) it? If so, how can I extract .exe files?

Download from here:
http://downloadcenter.intel.com/SearchResult.aspx?lang=eng&ProductFamily=Software+Products&ProductLine=Chipset+Software&ProductProduct=Intel%C2%AE+Rapid+Storage+Technology+(Intel%C2%AE+RST)

View attachment 11187


32 bit or 64 bit

View attachment 11188

Thank you Theog!!
I was able to install me dual boot using this procedures. 10++++

 

[taji]

Trying to install Windows 8 upgrade, I’m having the same problem here; I don’t know what SATA/RAID drivers to download. Here are my desktops specs:

PC: HP Pavilion m7690y CTO
Mainboard : Asus Basswood
Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo E6600
Chipset: Intel P965
Graphics: Intel® Graphics Media Accelerator 4500M with 128MB-829MB
Memory: 4096 MB (4 x 1024 DDR2-SDRAM )
Storage Drive: 1 TB (5400 RPM) Serial ATA hard disk drive
Video Card: ATI Radeon HD 4600 Series
Operating System: Windows XP Professional Media Center 5.01.2600 Service Pack 3 (32-bit)

Thanks

 

[theog]

Trying to install Windows 8 upgrade, I’m having the same problem here; I don’t know what SATA/RAID drivers to download. Here are my desktops specs:

PC: HP Pavilion m7690y CTO
Mainboard : Asus Basswood
Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo E6600
Chipset: Intel P965
Graphics: Intel® Graphics Media Accelerator 4500M with 128MB-829MB
Memory: 4096 MB (4 x 1024 DDR2-SDRAM )
Storage Drive: 1 TB (5400 RPM) Serial ATA hard disk drive
Video Card: ATI Radeon HD 4600 Series
Operating System: Windows XP Professional Media Center 5.01.2600 Service Pack 3 (32-bit)

Thanks

Welcome to EightForums.

You can Download the Intel F6 drive from here:
http://downloadcenter.intel.com/Sea...=Intel®+Rapid+Storage+Technology+(Intel®+RST)