Cant Find Hard Drive

EduTech · 17-09-2008, 08:56 AM

Morning All,

Well for the life of me I can’t think how I got round this before... but anyway

Have a Fujitsu Amilo Pro old laptop I know but we just going to whack an image on there so there useable. Anyhow it has windows on the hard drive, but its an old DT build but it works but I want to do a fresh image... so i tried with a windows xp disc and it gets to the stage after you have pressed Enter on the first screen saying it cannot find any hard drives attatched but there is one attatched.

Anyhow so I think well that wont work I’ll try an image that we have on our server (Net-Runna) we use, but no that crashes I am assuming that’s because that cannot find a hard drive neither.

Anyone know how to get round this... as I don’t have a restore CD for those machines.

Cheers

James.

RabbieBurns · 17-09-2008, 09:00 AM

you will need the hard disk controller driveri imagine, which you can load by pressing f6 at the beginning of windows setup

RabbieBurns · 17-09-2008, 09:03 AM

Downloads - Support - Fujitsu Siemens Computers

rhyds · 17-09-2008, 09:04 AM

Boot it up in windows if you can, then find the chipset/SATA controller model no and head over to intel and get their driver package for windows setup. Had exactly the same prob with an amilo pro 2060

EduTech · 17-09-2008, 09:34 AM

So just to clarify, i have to download this

Device Driver - Intel 82801FBM SATA AHCI Controller - AMILO Pro V2060

Ta

imiddleton25 · 17-09-2008, 10:22 AM

Have also checked that the physical disk is OK and connected up we have had odd laptops where the connector is half out.

EduTech · 17-09-2008, 10:28 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by imiddleton25

Have also checked that the physical disk is OK and connected up we have had odd laptops where the connector is half out.

Yh but it has an OS on the hard drive and that boots fine.. i would keep that on there but they actually do need re-formatting as there is lots of c**p on there.

James.

rhyds · 17-09-2008, 11:00 AM

I have my own disk who's contents I can email.

PM me

plexer · 17-09-2008, 11:14 AM

Also look in the bios to see if there is a setting for the sata controller to emulate another mode.

This will make it appear as a PATA drive to the windows installer.

Ben

Gibbo · 18-09-2008, 09:04 AM

Someone told me that the latest (SP2 and SP3) Windows discs already have this driver incorporated, but I've not had the opportunity to test.

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EduTech Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Birmingham Posts: 1,089 Thanks: 25 Thanked 36 Times in 33 Posts Rep Power: 13	Cant Find Hard Drive Morning All, Well for the life of me I can’t think how I got round this before... but anyway Have a Fujitsu Amilo Pro old laptop I know but we just going to whack an image on there so there useable. Anyhow it has windows on the hard drive, but its an old DT build but it works but I want to do a fresh image... so i tried with a windows xp disc and it gets to the stage after you have pressed Enter on the first screen saying it cannot find any hard drives attatched but there is one attatched. Anyhow so I think well that wont work I’ll try an image that we have on our server (Net-Runna) we use, but no that crashes I am assuming that’s because that cannot find a hard drive neither. Anyone know how to get round this... as I don’t have a restore CD for those machines. Cheers James.

17-09-2008, 10:22 AM	#6
imiddleton25 Join Date: May 2008 Location: York Posts: 228 Thanks: 9 Thanked 13 Times in 12 Posts Rep Power: 4	Hard Disk Have also checked that the physical disk is OK and connected up we have had odd laptops where the connector is half out.

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17-09-2008, 09:00 AM	#2
RabbieBurns Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: glasgow Posts: 932 Thanks: 91 Thanked 39 Times in 29 Posts Rep Power: 14	you will need the hard disk controller driveri imagine, which you can load by pressing f6 at the beginning of windows setup

17-09-2008, 09:03 AM	#3
RabbieBurns Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: glasgow Posts: 932 Thanks: 91 Thanked 39 Times in 29 Posts Rep Power: 14	Downloads - Support - Fujitsu Siemens Computers

17-09-2008, 09:04 AM	#4
rhyds Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Middle-Wales Posts: 369 Thanks: 2 Thanked 3 Times in 3 Posts Rep Power: 4	Boot it up in windows if you can, then find the chipset/SATA controller model no and head over to intel and get their driver package for windows setup. Had exactly the same prob with an amilo pro 2060

17-09-2008, 09:34 AM	#5
EduTech Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Birmingham Posts: 1,089 Thanks: 25 Thanked 36 Times in 33 Posts Rep Power: 13	So just to clarify, i have to download this Device Driver - Intel 82801FBM SATA AHCI Controller - AMILO Pro V2060 Ta

17-09-2008, 11:00 AM	#8
rhyds Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Middle-Wales Posts: 369 Thanks: 2 Thanked 3 Times in 3 Posts Rep Power: 4	I have my own disk who's contents I can email. PM me

17-09-2008, 11:14 AM	#9
plexer Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Norfolk Posts: 4,283 Thanks: 30 Thanked 102 Times in 101 Posts Rep Power: 33	Also look in the bios to see if there is a setting for the sata controller to emulate another mode. This will make it appear as a PATA drive to the windows installer. Ben

18-09-2008, 09:04 AM	#10
Gibbo Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Cheshire Posts: 550 Thanks: 23 Thanked 41 Times in 32 Posts Rep Power: 9	Someone told me that the latest (SP2 and SP3) Windows discs already have this driver incorporated, but I've not had the opportunity to test.

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