• Ying
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Topic: Request: Samsung SP2504 hard drive driver

Hello,
My computer (HP Desktop, Pavillion a1440n XP Media Center) was crashed due to a registry change 3 days ago.  I tried to use UBCD4Win to boot.  Unfortunately UBCD4Win didn't recognize any of my hard drive volumes.  Downloaded the latest mass storage drive pack for XP 32-bit from here,  built image and ran UBCD4win boot CD again, but I  still can't see the hard drive volumes.

The motherboard of my computer is Asus P5LP-LE.  The hard drive is Samsung SP2504 (IDE SATA-II, 3.0gbps).

I checked HP and Samsung support website for my hard drive driver, but I only saw some firmware updates or diagnosis tools.  I also looked at FAQ and some posts here, like "Where can I find drivers for my hardware?", but still have no luck. I urgently need the Samsung hard drive driver.  Your help will be appreciated!

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Re: Request: Samsung SP2504 hard drive driver

You don't need a driver for a hard disk.
Windows provides driver for the hard disk, this includes the SP2504.

Contrary you may need a driver for the MassStorage controller.

http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/docu … =c00864946
That's a ICH7-R MassStorage controller.

There may be a driver conflict: remove KR10N, mraid35x, megasr and MegaINTL.

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Re: Request: Samsung SP2504 hard drive driver

cdob,
Thanks for the clarification. 

To avoid conflicts, do you mean to remove the drivers you mentioned from then .ini file?  I can find mraid35x, megasr and MegaINTL, but what is KR10N?  I don't see it anywhere.

Also, I found an intel raid controller driver at
http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/soft … ct=1843644.  It is an .exe file.  I don't think I can use it.  Contacted with HP support, but they keep telling me how to do a system recovery by pressing F10.

Any idea how to find the driver?  Thanks.

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Re: Request: Samsung SP2504 hard drive driver

that is an archive (self extracting) run it and it will extract itself to a folder on your hdd wink

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Re: Request: Samsung SP2504 hard drive driver

cdob was right.  After remove that a few drivers, I finally can see my HDD and my computer is working now.  Thank you so much!

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Re: Request: Samsung SP2504 hard drive driver

Can you do a test for me please?

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