Driver for Intel Corporation Intel R 8 Series/C220 Chipset Family SATA AHCI Controller - downloading and installing it

Intel R 8 Series/C220 Chipset Family SATA AHCI Controller is a hdc device. This Windows driver was developed by Intel Corporation. The hardware id of this driver is PCI/VEN_8086&DEV_8C02&SUBSYS_2B04103C.

1. How to manually install Intel Corporation Intel R 8 Series/C220 Chipset Family SATA AHCI Controller driver

1. You can download from the link below the driver setup file for the Intel Corporation Intel R 8 Series/C220 Chipset Family SATA AHCI Controller driver. The archive contains version 12.8.2.1000 released on 2013-08-28 of the driver.
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3. Run the driver installer file from a user account with administrative rights. If your UAC (User Access Control) is running please confirm the installation of the driver and run the setup with administrative rights.
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5. Follow the driver installation wizard, which will guide you; it should be pretty easy to follow. The driver installation wizard will scan your computer and will install the right driver.
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7. When the operation finishes shutdown and restart your computer in order to use the updated driver. It is as simple as that to install a Windows driver!
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Intel Corporation applied a digital signature to this driver.
The file size of this driver is 364573 bytes (356.03 KB)
This driver was rated with an average of 4.8 stars by 56182 users.
This driver is compatible with the following versions of Windows:

• This driver works on Windows 8 64 bits
• This driver works on Windows 8.1 64 bits
• This driver works on Windows 10 64 bits
• This driver works on Windows 11 64 bits

2. Installing the Intel Corporation Intel R 8 Series/C220 Chipset Family SATA AHCI Controller driver using DriverMax: the easy way

The advantage of using DriverMax is that it will setup the driver for you in the easiest possible way and it will keep each driver up to date, not just this one. How can you install a driver using DriverMax? Let's follow a few steps!

1. Open DriverMax and click on the yellow button named ~SCAN FOR DRIVER UPDATES NOW~. Wait for DriverMax to analyze each driver on your PC.
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3. Take a look at the list of available driver updates. Search the list until you locate the Intel Corporation Intel R 8 Series/C220 Chipset Family SATA AHCI Controller driver. Click on Update.
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5. Finished installing the driver!
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