My Delll is only 1 year old,
not even that i purchased it in dec 05
and intel says it no longer supports it.

all is left is there downloads which i tried...
if that is the case then like i said before microsoft has a huge problem
with selling this, because users are going to want to upgrade
with out having to purchase a new system.

got any more ideas?


"Theo" wrote:

Intel is the source for their drivers. Microsoft does not
write them, they only include them in an OS distribution
after Intel supplies them the driver. You need to contact
Intel Tech Support to find out what your options are.

I mentioned floppy because in XP you had have the drivers on
a floppy disc and it was the only method of supplying
drivers to XP using F6 when needed for controllers not
included in the installation distribution. With Vista you
can use floppy, USB, or CD.


xcelatit wrote:
Okay I looked in devices
and I have and Intel 82801DB Ultra ATA Controller, I already stated that,
Intel web site says it is a Intell 845 Chipset
But I downloaded everything from intel that they had and it still doesnt work
in fact the bios really messed up my system, but i got it back.

Is there a place other than intel to get vista drivers?

I can forsee when this is realeased since the model of Dell I have is so
popular, thousands or millions of incapitability issues,

Intel certianly doesnt have any updates for the chip set,

(I dont know why you mentioned floppy i am not talking about floppy here.)




"Theo" wrote:

Which means Vista needs a controller driver for you IDE
controller. Again, the manufacturer or vendor is
responsible for writing and distributing hardware drivers,
not Microsoft. At least Vista permits you to use media
other than a floppy.


xcelatit wrote:
Thanks for your help everyone, im not sure the error message is:
Vista needs drivers for the devie (Primary IDE channel), please load from
list or browse....

"Theo" wrote:

There are no such things as drivers for the hard drive. Any
drivers that would be required would be for the controller
the hard drive is connected to. If Vista is asking for
controller drivers then you need to contact the
manufacturer/vendor of the motherboard or computer. The
manufacturer or vendor is the source for hardware drivers,
not Microsoft.

xcelatit wrote:
RC-1 wont install because it cant find the driver for my main hard drive.

If it were me I would stick with Win XP, which I plan to do
anyway.

I don't see any reason to upgrade to Vista.

xcelatit wrote:
My Delll is only 1 year old,
not even that i purchased it in dec 05
and intel says it no longer supports it.

all is left is there downloads which i tried...
if that is the case then like i said before microsoft has a huge problem
with selling this, because users are going to want to upgrade
with out having to purchase a new system.

got any more ideas?


"Theo" wrote:

Intel is the source for their drivers. Microsoft does not
write them, they only include them in an OS distribution
after Intel supplies them the driver. You need to contact
Intel Tech Support to find out what your options are.

I mentioned floppy because in XP you had have the drivers on
a floppy disc and it was the only method of supplying
drivers to XP using F6 when needed for controllers not
included in the installation distribution. With Vista you
can use floppy, USB, or CD.


xcelatit wrote:
Okay I looked in devices
and I have and Intel 82801DB Ultra ATA Controller, I already stated that,
Intel web site says it is a Intell 845 Chipset
But I downloaded everything from intel that they had and it still doesnt work
in fact the bios really messed up my system, but i got it back.

Is there a place other than intel to get vista drivers?

I can forsee when this is realeased since the model of Dell I have is so
popular, thousands or millions of incapitability issues,

Intel certianly doesnt have any updates for the chip set,

(I dont know why you mentioned floppy i am not talking about floppy here.)




"Theo" wrote:

Which means Vista needs a controller driver for you IDE
controller. Again, the manufacturer or vendor is
responsible for writing and distributing hardware drivers,
not Microsoft. At least Vista permits you to use media
other than a floppy.


xcelatit wrote:
Thanks for your help everyone, im not sure the error message is:
Vista needs drivers for the devie (Primary IDE channel), please load from
list or browse....

"Theo" wrote:

There are no such things as drivers for the hard drive. Any
drivers that would be required would be for the controller
the hard drive is connected to. If Vista is asking for
controller drivers then you need to contact the
manufacturer/vendor of the motherboard or computer. The
manufacturer or vendor is the source for hardware drivers,
not Microsoft.

xcelatit wrote:
RC-1 wont install because it cant find the driver for my main hard drive.

"xcelatit" wrote in
message
news
I am using WDC WD400BB-75FJA1 Drive, windows is using a
disk.sysa and partmgr.sys in system32\drivers\ directory
the file version is 5.1.2600.2180
(xpsp_sp2_rtm.040803-2158)

It is a IDE ATA Hard Drive, not SCSI.

This is on a Dell Computer The IDE ATA/ATAPI Controller is
Intel 82801DB Ultra ATA Controller

AFAIK, this is a very common system, and should install without any extra
drivers.

Seems to me that either you're trying to do something weird, or either your
copy of vista or the hardware is a little broken.

Most likely source of problems might be your drive partioning.