Vista 64/32 Dual Boot - Missing CD/DVD device driver installation screen

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Tinkerdog

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Hi gang....

Sorry if this has been answered before.... but I didn't see a solution for my setup.

I have a new Gateway DX4720-03 PC with Vista x64 Home Premium and a SATA Optiarc DVD AD-7203S SCSI Cdrom Device.

I have a legal copy of Vista Ultimate x86, which runs my external hardware Ok. But this hardware does not have a x64 driver for my x64 Vista I already have.

I love the x64 Vista, but I need to dual boot to get my external hardware working in the x86 Vista.

When I boot up from my Ultimate DVD, to setup Dual boot and install the x86 Vista... things go ok until I get to a screen that says I need to install a missing device driver for my DVD drive....

OK... I've tried all the tricks I've read except the one about switching the DVD to being on the Slave.... except, being SATA, how do you do that? Is there a jumper on the back of the SATA DVD to switch it????

Any ideas? SATA drives are new to me... Thanks a bunch!!
 

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This has been a known problem with the x64 installs and SATA drivers - I have seen a couple of options on the net, one being (of course) get an IDE drive - but one that *seems* to have worked for some folks is to change the SATA option in BIOS from Native to Legacy (if such an option is available) to get it to work.

Failing that, you could post a list of some of the options that *are* available in your BIOS and we can mull them over to see if changing one (or more than one) will work or not....
 

My Computers

System One System Two

  • Operating System
    Windows 10 Pro X64 Insider Preview (Skip Ahead) latest build
    Manufacturer/Model
    The Beast Model V (homebrew)
    CPU
    Intel Core i7 965 EE @ 3.6 GHz
    Motherboard
    eVGA X58 Classified 3 (141-GT-E770-A1)
    Memory
    3 * Mushkin 998981 Redline Enhanced triple channel DDR3 4 GB CL7 DDR3 1600 MHz (PC3-12800)
    Graphics Card(s)
    eVGA GeForce GTX 970 SSC ACX 2.0 (04G-P4-3979-KB)
    Sound Card
    Realtek HD Audio (onboard)
    Monitor(s) Displays
    2 * Lenovo LT2323pwA Widescreeen
    Screen Resolution
    2 * 1920 x 1080
    Hard Drives
    SanDisk Ultra SDSSDHII-960G-G25 960 GB SATA III SSD (System)
    Crucial MX100 CT256MX100SSD1 256GB SATA III SSD (User Tree)
    2 * Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 ST31000528AS 1TB 7200 RPM SATA II Mech. HD
    Seagate ST1500DL001-9VT15L Barracuda 7200.12 1.5 TB S
    PSU
    Thermaltake Black Widow TX TR2 850W 80+ Bronze Semi-Mod ATX
    Case
    ThermalTake Level 10 GT (Black)
    Cooling
    Corsair H100 (CPU, dual 140 mm fans on radiator) + Air (2 *
    Keyboard
    Logitech G15 (gen 2)
    Mouse
    Logitech MX Master (shared)
    Internet Speed
    AT&T Lightspeed Gigabit duplex
  • Operating System
    Sabayon Linux (current, weekly updates, 5.1.x kernel)
    Manufacturer/Model
    Lenovo ThinkPad E545
    CPU
    AMD A6-5350M APU
    Motherboard
    Lenovo
    Memory
    8 GB
    Graphics card(s)
    Radeon HD (Embedded)
    Sound Card
    Conextant 20671 SmartAudio HD
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Lenovo 15" Matte
    Screen Resolution
    1680 * 1050
    Hard Drives
    INTEL Cherryvill 520 Series SSDSC2CW180A 180 GB SSD
    PSU
    Lenovo
    Case
    Lenovo
    Cooling
    Lenovo
    Mouse
    Logitech MX Master (shared) | Synaptics TouchPad
    Keyboard
    Lenovo
    Internet Speed
    AT&T LightSpeed Gigabit Duplex
johngalt said:
This has been a known problem with the x64 installs and SATA drivers - I have seen a couple of options on the net, one being (of course) get an IDE drive - but one that *seems* to have worked for some folks is to change the SATA option in BIOS from Native to Legacy (if such an option is available) to get it to work.

Failing that, you could post a list of some of the options that *are* available in your BIOS and we can mull them over to see if changing one (or more than one) will work or not....
Click to expand...

Thanks...
More info... I left out that I have also installed a 500 Gig IDE disk drive earlier before trying to install the x86 Vista Dual boot... I don't know if that makes any difference.

I will check the BIOS for the info you gave me tonight and see what is in there.

Thanks!
 

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