Hi Ed Such drivers normally come in your Windows CD. Otherwise maybe this site would help: http://www.microsoft.com/windows/catalog/server2/default.aspx?subID=22&xslt=detail&pgn=8f38d6f6-44b4-32b1-102d-00cd18d4e940 (link may be wrapped) From here click on the Storage link on the left pane and from the drop down menu select your controller type. You may need to look into Storage Adapter and Controllers to find it. Under Product Details you'll find the Driver name. From this info you can go to driverguide.com to look for the driver or do a google search for that particular driver. By the way if you go to Driverguide.com the UID is "driver" and password is "all" (without the quotes) Hope this helps. Tonia Ed West <edwest@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: It's easy enough to cancel the install at startup when it finds new hardware but the HD light stays on & I'm afraid the disk will be damaged if I don't install this controller or driver. Where would I get such? It is a Western digital 80 gig 8mg buffer. anyone have this? I know I could search the WD website but I tried that before I ever posted. Ed --------------------------------- Yahoo! Mail - For a better Internet experience Regards, John Durham (list moderator) <http://modecideas.com/contact.html?sig> Freelists login at //www.freelists.org/cgi-bin/lsg2.cgi List archives at //www.freelists.org/archives/pchelpers PC-HELPERS list subscribe/unsub at http://pchelpers.5er.com?sig Good advice is like good paint- it only works if applied.