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How do I install sata drivers so my Win 7 System Recovery Disc will see the image on the ext sata drive?

Anonymous
2009-12-02T04:19:10+00:00

Tried to use System Recovery Disc in win 7, but it could not find my external sata drive to recover from, even though I used it to create the image! Fortunately, I have a dual esata/usb drive, and it worked when I switche to the usb port. How can I create a system recovery disc with the proper sata drivers I have from my motherboard manufacturer (Gigabyte) both in 32 and 64 bit for creating a sata floppy? I would like to use sata mode, my other backup external hard drive only has sata. I cannot find anyone else with an answer to this.

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Anonymous
2010-03-18T20:08:48+00:00

Hi bigdadbear,

I would advise you to contact your computer manufacturer to install the SATA drivers on your computer.

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  1. Anonymous
    2010-03-14T17:07:32+00:00

    HI tombodude--

    I would appreciate any assistance getting my EVGA motherboard SATA driver installed with W7.

    I installed W7 Professional and my SATA HD is showingin IDE mode in device manager..  HAVE you had any success getting the SATA drivers installed??

    I had no  problem getting the SATA Driver floppy to load in XP Pro becauce in XP setup you press F6 and install Floppy... I do not see any procedure like this for W7...

    Thanks for any Help

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  2. Anonymous
    2009-12-03T06:15:30+00:00

    Hey, I'm not stupid. If they worked, then I wouldn't have the problem, would I? It would automatically find the external sata hard drive - but you can see from my post, it did NOT. It just looked until it timed out, and told me to hook up a drive now; so, as I said before, I unplugged the drive, switched it to usb, and then it found it. It did NOT find the esata external hard drive, period. So, I figured it does not have the correct drivers installed, at least it does not work.

    I am trying to move to all sata or esata external drives, because they back up about 5 times faster than usb drives do; I rotate my backups, and if it is esata only and not dual with usb, I am screwed because the System Recovery CD was not able to see the drive.

    So, I need some answers, not just how it should work - it does not!

    Please help.

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  3. Anonymous
    2009-12-03T00:03:44+00:00

    Hi tombodude,

    **Thanks for posting on Microsoft Answers!**While installing the Windows 7, the SATA drivers gets installed automatically and when you use a System Image Disc to install they also gets installed automatically.

    Hope it helps.

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