Installing SATA Drivers
on HP Notebook PCs
Technical white paper
Table of contents
Introduction
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Purpose
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Audience
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Benefits of SATA
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System Requirements and Prerequisites
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System prerequisites
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Adding SATA drivers to RIS Installation Points
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Where these guidelines are applicable
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Steps to add SATA drivers to the distribution point
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3
Adding SATA Drivers to an Installation CD
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Where these guidelines are applicable
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Steps to add SATA drivers to the CD
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Using OSCDIMG (or CDIMAGE) and CDBURN (command line utilities from Microsoft)
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Adding SATA Drivers to WinPE 2005
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Where these guidelines are applicable
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Steps to add SATA drivers to WinPE 2005
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Modifying a Windows XP installation to support SATA Native Mode
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Where these guidelines are applicable
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Steps to modify a Windows XP image to support SATA Native Mode
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How to Obtain SATA Device IDs
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Where these guidelines are applicable
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Steps to obtain the SATA Device ID from a Windows XP image
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Steps to obtain the SATA Device ID from a Windows Vista image
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For more information
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