Can i use Msata as my regular and only hard drive in hp folio 9470m??

[Hamza6]

Sir i have hp folio 9470m . Its regular hard drive interface is damaged. Can i use 2nd slot (MSATA ) as my hard drive for windows boot etc..?

[Huffer]

Yes as long as no SATA 2.5 inch hard drive is installed in the computer the mSATA mSSD can work as the bootdisk. 

Just install a decent sized mSATA mSSD (not an M.2 disk) and you should be able to boot to it and install Windows on it. 

You may need to use a special storage controller driver loaded during Windows installation as your BIOS may be set to have the storage controller in RAID mode.

[Hamza6]

sir i  am confused about loading storage controller plz expalin it?

[Huffer]

You may start to load Windows 7 or 8 and it will say no hard drive detected in which case you need to have drivers on a thumb drive and load them to make the hard drive visible to the Windows installer. If you plan to actually do this post back and I will find you the drivers. Easily available on intel website. 

[Hamza6]

Yes sir i am gonna do this.kindly share the drivers plz.

[Huffer]

What version of Windows are you installing? 

This is an example:

https://downloadcenter.intel.com/download/23496/Intel-Rapid-Storage-Technology-Intel-RST-?product=55...

f6flpy-x64.zip is the one you use on Windows 7 or 8/8.1 64 bit. You just unpack the .zip to a thumb drive and point the Windows installer to where you unpacked it when it asks for a driver. 

[Hamza6]

Sir is it work for windows 10?

[Huffer]

No that is why I asked. Windows 10 would be different

[Hamza6]

Ok thanks.

[Huffer]

This one:

https://downloadcenter.intel.com/download/25165/Intel-Rapid-Storage-Technology-Intel-RST-?product=55...