Hello one and all. I'm a new-bie to this forum. I'd like a suggestion on what to do in this case. A laptop computer, precisely a TCL K40 chinese-manufactured computer has its hard-drive hidden away from windows INSTALLATION at boot-phase. Where can I locate the SATA/RAID drivers for such a system, or are they any other options. The best answer to this QUESTION, sincerely earns my respect as the very second best computer geek in the world; after me. Chou... I normally reserve this advice as there are some dangerous TOOLS involved...
However i'm assuming you have a decent knowledge of systems and can stay out of trouble if need be,
DLoad the UBCD from Here...
Use it to create a bootable CD.
Then travel to the system info section and run AIDA16 and the 2 other utilities to determine what MBoard and chipset are in that beast.
Travel to the appropiate manuf. site for the drivers and you should be good to go.

DISCLAIMER: If you manage to run the wrong utility and wipe out your HDD; wipe your CMOS data or anything else foolish that can be done with this collection of tools i am not responsible in any way, shape or form.

patio.Thanks man. I think I'll try your suggestions. Man, this has really been like *censored* for me. UH, can I ask a question? Can we become friends? I very MUCH enjoy making geeky friends, you know, computer-freaky friends, coz I believe like-minds do wonders. Thanks once more and hope to hear from you soon. Bye.