How to enable/disable SATA support in your computers BIOS
Since the initial draft of this page much more information has come to light with regard to Notebook/Laptop BIOS EFI
It is highly likely that you will not be able to control your computers ability to handle SATA drives if the manufacturerof the computer and its BIOS have determined that they DO NOT WANT YOU TO install an alternative operating system other than the one supplied with the computer.
Sony are particularly fond of this activity, most of their laptops with Windows 7 have limited ability to adjust both SATA support and VT (Hardware Virtualization - Intel-vt/AMD-V).
You will also find information on the Internet that tell you you need to both "Enable" and Disable" SATA support in your computers system BIOS so that hard drives (HDD) are recognized when you are installing an operating system such as Windows XP.
The fact of the matter is NOT if it is that you have to one or the other - in these cases you have no control over the SATA support because of another deficiency in your computers sysem BIOS
When you see that you should enable or disable Native SATA support it normally is a panacea for the same malady. It is normally advised by those that claim that they have a particular function on their computer - like they have installed XP on their Vista computer, configured it as a Hackintosh or have installed a solid state drive.
Since the initial draft of this page much more information has come to light with regard to Notebook/Laptop BIOS EFI
It is highly likely that you will not be able to control your computers ability to handle SATA drives if the manufacturerof the computer and its BIOS have determined that they DO NOT WANT YOU TO install an alternative operating system other than the one supplied with the computer.
Sony are particularly fond of this activity, most of their laptops with Windows 7 have limited ability to adjust both SATA support and VT (Hardware Virtualization - Intel-vt/AMD-V).
You will also find information on the Internet that tell you you need to both "Enable" and Disable" SATA support in your computers system BIOS so that hard drives (HDD) are recognized when you are installing an operating system such as Windows XP.
The fact of the matter is NOT if it is that you have to one or the other - in these cases you have no control over the SATA support because of another deficiency in your computers sysem BIOS
When you see that you should enable or disable Native SATA support it normally is a panacea for the same malady. It is normally advised by those that claim that they have a particular function on their computer - like they have installed XP on their Vista computer, configured it as a Hackintosh or have installed a solid state drive.
No comments:
Post a Comment