[Kelsenellenelvian]

Well this is a windows xp era section and you are trying to use it on win7.

[Fernando 1]

@ sittingduck:
As Kelsenellenelvian already has wriiten, your contribution has nothing to do with nLite and with the topic of this thread.
Nevertheless I will give you a short answer:

sittingduck, on 28 April 2013 - 04:55 AM, said:

However, just now I wanted to give Windows 7 64 bit a go because I've added more ram, but the installer won't recognize the modded 64 bit driver. Is there any obvious reason for this that I am missing?

Not all installers do accept INF files, which have been modified. If you want to install these drivers nevertheless, you have to do it manually from within the Device Manager.

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Also, there seems to be newer sata drivers available from Intel than the ones, you presently have modded. Care to mod the new ones for us? :-)

None of the newer Intel AHCI and RAID drivers do support Windows XP and Windows XP x64.
If you are searching for modded versions of newer Intel RST(e) drivers, you may look into the start post of >this< thread.

[isidro]

Fernando 1, on 29 April 2013 - 03:03 PM, said:

...None of the newer Intel AHCI and RAID drivers do support Windows XP and Windows XP x64.
If you are searching for modded versions of newer Intel RST(e) drivers, you may look into the start post of >this< thread.

Can anybody add the info about newer drivers in that link but in english? My native language is spanish, but german is too much
Specifically what I wonder is for what cases are newer mod drivers better:
"Intel RSTe AHCI & RAID drivers v11.7.4.1001 mod by Fernando"
"32bit Intel RSTe-Treiber v12.6.0.1033 mod von Fernando"

This post has been edited by isidro: 17 May 2013 - 01:31 PM

[Fernando 1]

isidro, on 17 May 2013 - 01:30 PM, said:

Fernando 1, on 29 April 2013 - 03:03 PM, said:

...None of the newer Intel AHCI and RAID drivers do support Windows XP and Windows XP x64.
If you are searching for modded versions of newer Intel RST(e) drivers, you may look into the start post of >this< thread.

Can anybody add the info about newer drivers in that link but in english?

Yes, recently I have started a new English language Forum. You can find the related thread about the modded Intel AHCI and RAID drivers >here<.

This post has been edited by Fernando 1: Yesterday, 04:22 PM

[Zorroxp]

I have been trying to boot my XP Pro 32 bit in AHCI mode by implementing nLite, with numerous drivers and keep up coming up with the same problem.
After burning my new CD, as soon as I boot CD, I get message: "No drives found", and the whole process is aborted.
If I use nLite and prepare CD with Win XP OS only and no AHCI drivers slipstreamed onto CD, then my 500GB Seagate HDD is recognized.
I read everything on the Index Page, and it appears my CD-ROM drive might be the problem, and I might have to purchase a USB Ext. CD-ROM drive to achieve my goal, however before I go out and spend unnecessary money, I would appreciate some feedback if this is in fact is the right diagnosis.

My machine setup.
Motherboard Intel DH77KC
CPU Intel i7 3770
RAM: Single 4MB DDR3 1600Mhz
HDD Seagate 6GB Sata 500MB - Connected to Sata 0
CD\DVD Writer LG Modisc - Model GH24NS95 - Connected to Sata 4
Operating System: Windows XP SP3 - 32bit

This post has been edited by Zorroxp: Yesterday, 06:19 PM

[Fernando 1]

@ Zorroxp:
Welcome at MSFN Forum!

Zorroxp, on Yesterday, 05:35 PM, said:

I have been trying to boot my XP Pro 32 bit in AHCI mode by implementing nLite, with numerous drivers and keep up coming up with the same problem.

To minimize the risk of an XP installation failure you should not integrate more than 1 driver into the CD.
This is what I recommend to do:
1. Restart the creation of an XP SP3 CD with integrated AHCI driver from scratch by using the tool nLite.
2. Integrate just the 32bit Intel RST Textmode Driver v11.2.0.1006 WHQL.
3. When you get the nLite textmode driver popup, you should just check the listed "Intel® 7 Series/C216 Chipset Family SATA AHCI Controller".
4. Before you start with the OS installation you have to enter the BIOS and to set the SATA mode of the Intel SATA Controller to "AHCI" and to do the correct boot order (first bootable device: CD/DVD Writer.

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If I use nLite and prepare CD with Win XP OS only and no AHCI drivers slipstreamed onto CD, then my 500GB Seagate HDD is recognized.

This only happens, if you had set the SATA Controller within the BIOS to "IDE" mode.

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I read everything on the Index Page, and it appears my CD-ROM drive might be the problem, and I might have to purchase a USB Ext. CD-ROM drive to achieve my goal, however before I go out and spend unnecessary money, I would appreciate some feedback if this is in fact is the right diagnosis.

There are some optical drives, which do not like to run in AHCI mode (they cannot read the data of the CD/DVD), but I don't think, that this is the reason of your problem.
Try what I have written above. If the XP installation should fail nevertheless, please report here, what exactly happened.

Regards
Fernando

[Zorroxp]

Hi Fernando.

Firstly I want to commend you for what I consider to be the most comprehensive post on the topic of Windows XP with AHCI on the web.
It took me four days of major frustration before finding MSFN and your post on it.

I solved my problem before you posted your reply and it was something that was not in your reply.
While using nLite in My Document directory, my file structure was too long.
I moved all relevant directories to C:\ root directory and after implementing nLite from there, the process of booting from my CD was no longer aborted.

Fernando I recommend that you include this as a precaution of preventing "long files names" and "work in root directory" in your index page > 3. Additional advices for the later OS installation:

Thanks for the additional info anyway, because I will now implement your added input to achieve my desired result to boot my XP in AHCI.

Once again, thanks for help, especially for responding so quickly, you are a real star.

Regards ZorroXP

[Fernando 1]

@ Zorroxp:
Thanks for your reply and congrats, that you have solved the problem yourself.

Zorroxp, on Today, 04:23 AM, said:

Fernando I recommend that you include this as a precaution of preventing "long files names" and "work in root directory" in your index page > 3. Additional advices for the later OS installation:

You are right - I will add this warning.
There was already a similar note within my guide:

Fernando1 said:

Unzip and store the driver folder of your choice somewhere (caution: don't use any personal Windows folder like the Desktop for storage purposes!)

, but this was especially written for the storage of the drivers, which are designed for the integration, and not for the nLite processing folder.

Thanks again!

Regards
Fernando