Do I need Intel SATA Preinstall driver / Intel® Rapid Storage Technology?

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#1 | Do I need Intel SATA Preinstall driver / Intel® Rapid Storage Technology? datum

Sun Apr 15, 2018 3:16 pm (Last edited: Sun Apr 15, 2018 5:10 pm)

I'm a simple guy who likes as little bloatware as possible. Gonna install Win 7.
I'd like to skip those drivers if I don't need them.

I will use 1 SSD in AHCI mode for OS (Can I just make it AHCI mode on BIOS and be done with it?)

My 8th gen intel mobo's support page shows there's
- Intel SATA Preinstall driver
- Intel® Rapid Storage Technology

Do I need neither of them?

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#2 | RE: Do I need Intel SATA Preinstall driver / Intel® Rapid Storage Technology? datum

Sun Apr 15, 2018 3:58 pm

@Hoodiepoo:
Welcome to the Win-RAID Forum!
It depends on the OS you want to install.
All Windows Operating Systems from Vista up have a generic in-box AHCI driver, which supports all SATA AHCI Controllers.
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#3 | RE: Do I need Intel SATA Preinstall driver / Intel® Rapid Storage Technology? datum

Sun Apr 15, 2018 5:11 pm (Last edited: Sun Apr 15, 2018 9:55 pm)

@Fernando:
Hello mate, i'll install win 7, do you think I had better installing these?
- Intel SATA Preinstall driver
- Intel� Rapid Storage Technology

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#4 | RE: Do I need Intel SATA Preinstall driver / Intel® Rapid Storage Technology? datum

Sun Apr 15, 2018 10:00 pm

@Hoodiepoo:
You cannot install the complete Intel RST Drivers & Software Set, before you are starting with the OS installation.
By the way: For AHCI users I generally recommend to load resp. install just the " pure" AHCI driver.

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#5 | RE: Do I need Intel SATA Preinstall driver / Intel® Rapid Storage Technology? datum

Mon Apr 16, 2018 7:40 pm

@Fernando

What does it mean to "to load resp."?

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#6 | RE: Do I need Intel SATA Preinstall driver / Intel® Rapid Storage Technology? datum

Mon Apr 16, 2018 10:58 pm

Zitat von Hoodiepoo im Beitrag #5
What does it mean to "to load resp."?

"resp." stands for "respectively".
What I meant was, that Intel AHCI users should load/install only the "pure" Intel RST AHCI driver.

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#7 | RE: Do I need Intel SATA Preinstall driver / Intel® Rapid Storage Technology? datum

Tue Apr 17, 2018 6:58 pm

@Fernando

The only place (W7) to update RST AHCI driver is under Device Manager> IDE ATA/ATAPI Controllers right?

Another question while you're here, is there any pure intel LAN drivers around here? Or do I have to install this (https://downloadcenter.intel.com/downloa...-?product=36773) along with the bloatware? Such as PROSet, ANS, FCoE, and DCB support. Do you know any of them to be necessary for a normal guy?

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#8 | RE: Do I need Intel SATA Preinstall driver / Intel® Rapid Storage Technology? datum

Tue Apr 17, 2018 8:32 pm

Zitat von Hoodiepoo im Beitrag #7
The only place (W7) to update RST AHCI driver is under Device Manager> IDE ATA/ATAPI Controllers right?

Yes!

Zitat von Hoodiepoo im Beitrag #7
is there any pure intel LAN drivers around here?

Yes, look into >this< thread.

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