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VIA VT8237 onboard SATA 1.0 controller

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Hi!
Excuse my imperfect english, I have purchased TI2012. Besides a few problems at PC shutdown or reboot I should make backups from SATA hard disk on VIA VT8237 onboard controller to an external USB hard disk. I should make a rescue media but I would like to know if I have to integrate the specific SATA driver or if I can use it as generated by the program.

I downloaded BartPE from Acronis site but in the main program I not find traces in the main program. Should I use this add-on or not?
My OS is Windows XP professional Sp3.
Thanks.

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You can create a bootable media in 2 ways:
- you use ATI in Windows, launch the media builder and follow the instructions,
- you download a bootable ISO from your ACronis.com account and you burn it, as an ISO, to a CD.

You can create it on any computer and then use it on the computer you want to backup.

Boot your computer on it and make sure you can restore a couple of files from your disk and partition backup that you created. That backup, by the way, should include all partitions on the system disk.

Thank you for the answer Pat
My doubt is on restore the backup without that driver. It isn't included in Windows XP professional Sp3, I have two mainboards socket 775 and 939 VIA chipset based.

This program is heavy, with some bugs, problems at PC shutdown or restart after to have launched true image, the instructions provided in the manual about BartPE ( DOWNLOADED FROM ACRONIS) don't match to the reality.

Hi Giuseppe,

VT8237A, R/Plus - released in the mid '90's during VIA's hay-day!. I remember the many Soyo boards I owned duing this time. AMD was giving intel a run for their money during this period also.

I would think the boot CD would have no problem supporting this hardware. SATA 1 and USB 2.0. If you do need to build your own CD, you will need the VIA Hyperion 4 in 1's

Hi
Thank you for the answer but as you have read there are also some problems. As the not recognized USB flash drive. I have asked a refund procedure.

Are you saying the boot media does not see the external drive connected to the VIA Southbridge?