Satellite A205-S5880 (PSAE3U) downgrade Vista to XP - does not detect HARD drive

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  My HARD drive died, so I decided to upgrade my Satellite Pro C660 - 1 9 to an SSD.
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  In addition, the installation of the OS should be possible even if the driver would be added for this procedure, you must use the "compatibility" mode
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  However, page driver Toshiba also provides a driver Intel RST (Intel Rapid Storage Technology) (Windows 8 - updated) you can try to add during the installation of the OS.

  But I m wondering if you would be able to install this Win 8 on common SATA HDD.
  Have you tried to format the SSD using a different computer, then install Win 8?
  Give it a try.

• Possible viruses have on Vista computer but does not detect anything with current Antivirus software

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