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  1. December 2nd, 2010, 02:02 PM #16
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    Yes, the F6 option in setup is to add additional drivers.

    http://pcsupport.about.com/od/operat...xpclean1_3.htm
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  2. December 2nd, 2010, 08:11 PM #17
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    Try that said did not see hd
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  3. December 2nd, 2010, 08:40 PM #18
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    So you downloaded the SATA controller drivers and loaded them from a floppy using the F6 option? Otherwise, you would need to slipstream the drivers onto a new CD, but you would still have to download the SATA drivers.

    Can you list the BIOS options you see? I find it odd that there isn't an IDE or PATA mode for the SATA controller.
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  4. December 2nd, 2010, 08:47 PM #19
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    Nope I didnt ,First of all the is no floppy..2ND i dont understand the dowloading sata drivers..I have a Toshiba laptop I nuked and wanting to install os on it and it says there is no o/s..or hd..Does toshiba have there own hd they install that no one else can format and use or what
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    If you didn't download the drivers to floppy and load them from a USB floppy drive, then you didn't use the F6 option properly.

    Either find the IDE mode for SATA or download/slipstream the SATA drivers. Those are you options if you want to load XP.
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  7. December 3rd, 2010, 12:13 AM #21
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    Quote Originally Posted by kspeel
    ...Does toshiba have there own hd they install ...
    No.
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  8. December 3rd, 2010, 08:28 PM #22
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    Did f6 option and no luck//so does toshiba harve prioity on this hd or is a seagate or wht..I should be able to fdisk it and go but doont think so
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    Quote Originally Posted by kspeel
    ... does toshiba harve prioity on this hd or ...
    No.
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  11. December 4th, 2010, 08:48 AM #24
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    SATA came out after XP was created.

    USB floppy disk drives that are, and are not supported for [F6] use during Windows XP installation:
    http://support.microsoft.com/kb/916196/en-us

    Installing Windows with Additional Drivers and no Floppy drive?
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  12. December 4th, 2010, 10:34 PM #25
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    U guys are killin me,,Guess I might have to say I officially killed this notebook with a perfectly fine hd and mb and memory but I am to stupid to install a o/s on it cause toshiba decided to embed this, I do have bootable dmi toshiba recovery disk I burned, lets see if this works///
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