Creating the AHCI Driver Floppy Disk
In order to prepare the AHCI driver floppy for your Satellite L40,
you need access to PC running a Windows operating system
preferablyWindows XP.
Connect the USB FDD to the computer running the Windows OS.
Put the floppy disk into the USB FDD.
Format the floppy disk.
Copy the AHCI files from C:\L40_Driver_Package\English\Matrix
Storage Manager\AHCI HDD drivers ICH8M_32bit to the floppy
disk:
Iaahci.cat
Iaahci.inf
Iastor.cat
Iastor.inf
Iastor.sys
Txtsetup.oem
Installing Windows XP
Do not start the Windows XP installation unless
you have prepared a AHCI driver floppy yet.
Installing Windows XP 1: Preparation
1.
Connect the USB FDD to your TOSHIBA Satellite L40.
2.
Put the 3.5 floppy disk you prepared into the USB FDD.
3. Insert your genuine Windows XP CD in the DVD drive.
4. Press the power button of your TOSHIBA Satellite L40 to switch the
notebook on.
5. Keep the F12 key pressed until the boot device menu comes up.
Select CD/DVD for boot device.
The screen is switching to the blue so-called "Text Mode" part of the
Windows XP installation.
Shortly after that the prompt for "adding additional mass storage (HDD)
drivers" appears at the bottom of the screen.
Press the F6 key to add the AHCI driver to your Windows installation.