Installing Windows 7 on the Satellite X200

Hi
first time user to forums so forgive me if I miss anything that is relevant to topic
Have a problem:
I want to upgrade my OS from vista ultimate to Windows 7
When I put in the disk it goes through all the sequences of a clean install but when all the files are copied over it does the reboot and comes up with an error
Missing driver.....
I find out after reading several other forums that it uses a SATA config for the hard drives and there is no driver set on the install disk
Now my issue is:
a) Where exactly is the hard drive driver I need
b) How do I put it on a Windows 7 ultimate install disk?
Appreciate any help I can get
Thank you in advance.
Grail

Hey Grail,
The driver that you need is called Intel Storage Manager. You can download it on the Toshiba page or from Intel directly. You can copy the files on a USB stick for example, it should be possible to load them from USB stick.
Furthermore Windows 7 isnt released as yet and in worst case you have to wait until driver support starts for Windows 7. At the moment you can only try to use the Vista drivers.

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