• DoctorO
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Topic: Who makes SATA RAID controllers?

That may sound like a newbie question, but that is because I am. I am trying to find the SATA Raid controller for the Toshiba MK235GSS laptop hardrive. It's in a Sony VAIO laptop that is being converted from Vista to XP. Sony says it is possible but will not offer support. Toshiba is impossible to get a call back or message back. Whenever I try to install xp, I am asked for the controller, and I have been looking for it for days. I tried to create a xp slipstream disk with the Driverpacks, and have gone through 5 dvd's and 2 Cd's. I have made bootable cd/dvd's in the past but cannot make this one for the life of me using Nero and CDburnerXPpro. Followed all the instructions but no go. Get the message Cannot Start from DOS. Hit any key to restart. Can anyone help me find this controller? Thanks in advance. Charles.

  • Helmi
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Re: Who makes SATA RAID controllers?

Here's some basic tips:

Firstly, to actually find out what HW you have in the box, use HWID, which you can find in my sig.

Secondly, do use RW media for all this stuff!
That way, if the burning did not turn out properly, you can easily erase the medium and reuse (up to 1,000 times or so).
It does save you lots of money in the end and also helps the environment smile

Thirdly, if you have no experience in creating a bootable ISO (it definately is more complicated that just burning your vacation photos on a disc!) I can only urge you to use nLite for the task.
You do not have to use any other options besides the ISO creation (but the rest is pretty useful, too, IMO).
You can then use nLiteto burn this ISO on a disc, or use Nero for the task, if you prefer.
Using Nero you can actually save about 12MB of space (check the options for the short leadout).

And fourthly, but not least, do read the tutorials which you can also find in my sig.

All that combined should get you quite a leap forward I venture to guess!

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