I can understand your frustration. If you have a Vista retail DVD, you can
boot from it and choose the "repair my computer" option (NOT the install
Vista option). It will search for your current Vista installation, which it
will likely not find since it probably won't see your hard disk. But it
does give you the option to load drivers from a floppy or CD, assuming you
have them available. That will enable the program to find your Vista
installation partition. But at that point, I don't know if it will actually
install the drivers to the hard drive. It may just load them into RAM
temporarily. Might be worth a try. I don't think it will hurt anything,
but I wouldn't do it unless you had a backup image, just in case.
Otherwise, looks like you'll just have to wait for your new Adaptec card.
The 29160 should be able to use the same existing Windows drivers as the
29160N, you should be fine.
"Soong" <guest@xxxxxx-email.com> wrote in message
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>
> I had an Adaptec 29160N which is no longer functional. I have ordered an
> Adaptec 29160 (no N) to replace it but that will not be here for a week
> or so. In the mean time I have picked up an LSI20320-R with version
> 5.10.03 of the IME BIOS from a local retailer. I was hoping to use it in
> the mean time.
>
> You are correct. The SCSI drive is my boot drive. Because the original
> card is dead I cannot boot up and load the driver for the new card. I
> may have to just wait until the replacement card arrives. It stinks
> being stuck with a three of four year old laptop though.
>
>
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> Soong
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