HP 6930p Installing SATA Drivers on HP EliteBook Notebook PCs - Page 2

Introduction Purpose This white paper provides instructions on how to successfully incorporate SATA drivers into a Windows XP installation on HP EliteBook Notebook PC models. The following guidelines provide procedures for adding SATA drivers to RIS (Remote Installation Service) installation points; adding SATA drivers to installation CDs; building an image and switching to SATA AHCI mode; using Sysprep with SATA in AHCI or NATIVE mode; and adding SATA drivers using WinPE. Audience This white paper is for use by HP personnel and customers. Benefits of SATA SATA Native Mode is a storage interface technology that provides up to 150MB/Sec transfer rate for disk traffic, and provides link power management with Intel® Application Accelerator drivers. Intel Matrix Storage Manager Driver provides support for the SATA Advanced Host Controller (AHCI) Interface. System Requirements and Prerequisites System requirements Information regarding minimum hardware requirements for installing XP Professional is available at www.microsoft.com. This document applies to all systems using Intel Matrix SATA AHCI Storage controllers. System prerequisites You will need the following items before installing SATA drivers: • Microsoft Windows XP Professional Service Pack 2, Certificate of Authenticity and documentation. • Necessary drivers, especially Intel SATA AHCI Controller Driver. • Proper OS License for each PC IMPORTANT: Make sure you have the latest compatible version of Microsoft Windows XP drivers and enhancements. In addition, you must have a Microsoft OS license for each system on which you install Windows XP Professional. Note: You can also download HP drivers and utilities, including the most current available ROM for the platform, from the HP website www.hp.com. Page 2