[lera1981]

This thread is excellent! I never thought I'd be able to install 32-bit Windows in an AHCI setup. I've a strange issue though, and it might have something to do with the 32-bit Intel RST textmode drivers for X79 (but perhaps it could be my BIOS setup, too) ...

My AHCI is set up like this:
SATA6G_1 = 240Gb Corsair Force GT SSD
SATA6G_2 = Nothing
SATA3G_1 = Internal BD-RE drive
SATA3G_2 = Nothing

My bootup configuration is:
P0: 240Gb Corsair Force GT SSD
P2: Internal BD-RE drive

I've slipstreamed XP with the 32-bit Intel RST textmode drivers for X79 and everything worked perfectly, but the hard drive isn't able to boot up by itself. To boot into Windows XP, the slipstreamed Windows XP CD must be in the drive, and then you have to wait for the "Press any key to boot from CD/DVD" to go away.

If I have any other CD in the drive, or nothing in the drive at all, then I keep getting the error message:
Reboot and Select proper Boot device
or Insert Boot Media in selected Boot device

I found this MS page that seems related but it applies to Windows 7 or later: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/922976

Also, the "START" value for the iaStor.sys driver is already set to 0... I'm not sure if it's wise to play around with that setting. I've tried swapping the bootup configuration so that the P2 internal disc drive attempts to boot first, but that doesn't make a difference.

Any ideas?

[Fernando 1]

@ lera1981:
Welcome at MSFN Forum!

lera1981, on 27 February 2013 - 09:16 AM, said:

I've slipstreamed XP with the 32-bit Intel RST textmode drivers for X79 and everything worked perfectly, but the hard drive isn't able to boot up by itself. To boot into Windows XP, the slipstreamed Windows XP CD must be in the drive, and then you have to wait for the "Press any key to boot from CD/DVD" to go away.

For me there are 2 possibe reasons for the issue you have reported:

• There are wrong BIOS settings regarding the boot order resp. the HARD DISK BOOT PRIORITY or
  
• the Windows XP bootsector with the Master Boot Record has been installed outside your system drive (Corsair SSD).

Please enter the BIOS and check, if your Corsair Force GT SSD has been set as first bootable HARD DISK DRIVE.
If the BIOS boot settings are ok,, but your problem should persist, I recommend to boot off the nLited XP CD again and to use the "Repair" function. Alternatively you may download the tool EasyBCD, which is free for the non-commercial use. You can get it >here<.

Good luck!
Fernando

[lera1981]

Thanks for the speedy response and your help, Fernando!

The error message is definitely related to the BIOS but I'm not sure if that's the only problem. I've tested my settings with another Corsair SSD that boots to Windows 7 x64, which works fine as long as it's my first bootable drive as well as the first in the list of bootable devices. (otherwise, I get "Reboot and Select proper Boot device ..." on that drive, too)

I'm starting to think that the Windows XP SSD could be defective, though... sometimes when I re-install Windows XP, it reports random missing files, or crashes the system during a shutdown or a driver installation. Windows XP reports an abnormal MBR, but boot utilities (including fixmbr) don't seem to fix it. EasyBCD looks interesting but it doesn't seem to have any options available when I run it under Windows XP.

[killer1one1]

Hey Fernando,
First of all I truly admire and appreciate the work you've done here! Now I have one question I think you might be able to help me with,

I have an MSI X79MA-GD45 board with 2 HDD's running Win7 on one and XP64 on the other. I've already got both OS's loaded (and the bootloader works fine in selecting each one), but I still need to switch,via bios, sata mode between IDE and AHCI each time I want to boot in the respective system (win7 BSODs when sata is on IDE mode, XP BSODs when it's on AHCI mode).

Basically, my question is, how do I go about installing your modified 64 bit AHCI driver under Windows XP 64 ALREADY installed? I'm past the point of slipping it to the install disc. Any help would be much appreciated, keep up the good work sir!

[Fernando 1]

@ killer1one1:
Welcome at MSFN Forums!

Since your question has nothing to do with the tool nLite and the topic of this thread, I recommend to search for an answer somewhere else.
I generally do not recommend a switch from IDE to AHCI from within an already running OS.

Regards
Fernando

[e4services]

AMAZING. With the help of this post, I actually got a working Install Disk for XP that would boot on my new H67 Intel Chipset Dell XPS 8300.
AND with posts on the use of SYSPREP I actually got pretty far into moving my Windows XP Pro installation from my old nVidia ASUS motherboard with a C2Q to a new Intel Dell system, Intel H67, with an i7. . Took some work, but never got a work around for the MS limitations.
Repair Install with my new XP CD gets all done but get only 1 second of the XP splash screen and reboots.
No ntbtlog file either, so thinking it is a HAL problem.

The difficulty was the SATA drivers, at first, to get XP on the nVidia chipset in the first place! Just couldn't get rid of them, even with a SYSPREP reset, always crashed the new machine. Strange thing is, even after all this, the Repair Install, and I get it to try a Safe Mode start, you see the dang drivers still loading!. But like I said, it doesn't seem to be that, I do not think, for there is no BSOD, just reboots.

So I will post it here in hopes to help the next guy.
Followed the system addressed here, and produced an XP Pro SP3 CD using my original Microsoft Retail XP Pro, no service packs. Used the latest nLite, SP3 executable, Intel Chipset INI file/drivers, and Fernando's Intel Rapid Store Text Mode Driver set, incorporating them all into a new install / recovery disk.
Followed recommendations from a post about using SYSPREP to move installs with nvgts.sys, to new machines.
Uninstalled all the nVidia software/drivers through Control Panel. Reboot if you have too.
Used the Device Manager to switch the IDE ATA/ATAPI Controllers to the Standard IDE Controllers with Update Driver, Install from Specific Location, Don't Search, I will Choose. REBOOT LATER
Uninstalled any nVidia nForce Controllers listed under storage controllers. REBOOT LATER.
Downloaded CCleaner, Driver Sweeper AND Driver Fusion, ran them all to try and rid the system of use of nvgts.sys
Reboot to Safe Mode w/Networking. Double Checked the Device Manager again, had to remove the nVidia RAID drive again.
Ran all the cleaner sweepers and removed what I could.
Ran SYSPREP, from an ADMIN Command Window "sysprep -factory -nosidgen -mini -activated -bmsd -shutdown"
Let it do its job and shut the machine down.
Moved the drive to the Intel i7. Boot Fails, still can't access the SATA bus my guess, no blue screen like a std boot cd would (07b error), just crashes.
reboot from the LOVELY XP CD I just made with the incorporated SATA drives, Install, Repair, finds the XP install and repairs it.
To no avail
going to try a different route this time of starting an upgrade install from XP on the old machine, then moving.

[e4services]

OK, I didn't think to do a F8 start and a No Restart on Error. Set that and what do you know, the same 0F8 stop error. IT IS NOT LOADING THE SATA DRIVERS! Still loading the nVidia drivers! It won't Stop. I cannot get to the point of doing a hardware scan. Why can't you just change the loaded drivers somewhere and make this simple!
Going on the the Upgrade Install

[Fernando 1]

@ e4services:
Welcome at MSFN Forum!

Although I have read your 2 messages very carefully, I didn't really understand them.
What exactly do you want to do?
What has the NVIDIA nForce SATA driver named NVGTS.SYS to do with this topic, which is only valid for Intel SATA drivers?
This thread has not been designed for a transfer of a running XP partition from an nForce to an Intel chipset system.

What you should do is a fresh install of Windows XP onto your H67 Dell system by following my guide, which is layed down within the first post of this thread.
You should start the creation of the customized XP CD by copying the content of the original (=untouched) XP CD. Do not use any previously nLited XP CD as source.

Regards
Fernando

[e4services]

OK, Done.
I actually got my old XP Install moved over to my new i7 Intel H67 motherboard.
Yes, it took an "In-place Upgrade" to get it to work, BUT....... Was just simple.
When you run an Upgrade Install using the created XP SP3 disk from Windows XP running on your old hardware (I cleaned my install first, Malware scan, deleted drivers etc.) it does reset everything and reboot the machine and you turn it off. I Moved the drive to the same SATA Port 0 on the new machine and the DVD on Port 1 holding the Win CD.
Works fine until it gets to booting up the OS for the first time, for it wants to re-activate the OS. YOU HAVE TO SAY YES TO CONTINUE, you have no choice.
What happened to me, and google reports others with the same issue, the activation process doesn't show up and neither does explorer.exe, A.K.A the desktop. All you have is the mouse cursor and the default desktop background.
The answer was that you ARE allowed to reboot, F8, into the Command Prompt (nothing else is allowed, not Safe Mode). From the cmd window you can now run explorer.exe and bingo, your in.
From here I was told to remove Internet Explorer, Reinstall the last IE8 plus the security update, make a OOBE deletion in the registry and to delete the wdr files to force activation. WHile this worked, it would not activate for I am pretty sure the activation server for XP is long gone.
I decided to just use a Activation tool instead to remove the activation. That worked and the system booted correctly the next time.
Just had to figure out the rest of the drivers, note: the on chip graphics and sound support I just left, not needed, and I figure the drivers are not available anyway.
The one that is left behind by the Intel Slipstreamed drivers in the Intel Management Engine Interface, HECI.ini/sys. I pointed the Unknown device (Ven-8086) to the subdirector and it installs the drive, but the interface doesn't work, fails to load, after reboot, but the sys driver loads so everything is fine.

[e4services]

Fernando 1, on 28 March 2013 - 11:42 AM, said:

@ e4services:
Welcome at MSFN Forum!

Although I have read your 2 messages very carefully, I didn't really understand them.
What exactly do you want to do?
What has the NVIDIA nForce SATA driver named NVGTS.SYS to do with this topic, which is only valid for Intel SATA drivers?
This thread has not been designed for a transfer of a running XP partition from an nForce to an Intel chipset system.

What you should do is a fresh install of Windows XP onto your H67 Dell system by following my guide, which is layed down within the first post of this thread.
You should start the creation of the customized XP CD by copying the content of the original (=untouched) XP CD. Do not use any previously nLited XP CD as source.

Regards
Fernando

I need to move my old XP Pro install over to work on my new i7, different chipset and all, and is NEVER easy. I got software on it that runs only under XP, so I currently boot my Core2Duo off 2 hard drives, everyday in Windows 7 on and SSD and on the occasions I need to use the XP, I boot of the other drive. Bad thing was my old system is NVidia Chipset and the drivers just keep loading no matter what you do.
I got it with the Upgrade Install, though you still see the NVidia drivers load in as Safe Mode rolls the drivers by, even though there is no NVidia anymore. Nothing cleaned that out. But it runs.

I just wanted to post my experience for the next guy, since this forum is where I ended up, learning how to build an XP CD with the drivers incorporated, THANKS MUCH to you! And spelling it out for me, though I did have to find a 'clean' CD, using my original Microsoft hologramed SP0 CD and just slipping in SP3
THanks again

This post has been edited by e4services: 28 March 2013 - 05:00 PM

[Fernando 1]

@ e4services:

Thank you for your detailed report about what you have done to get XP running on your new Intel system, but I still do not see any relationship to the topic of this thread.
Why haven't you done a fresh XP installation?

[sucro]

Hello Fernando,

i tried your moded SATA AHCI drivers for ICH10 chipset (without R ICH10) from OP, on my Asus MB P5Q SE2,

http://www.asus.com/...#specifications

1. BIOS UPDATED to latest

2. Your ICH10 drivers integrated in Win XP SP3 installation

3. SATA as AHCI selected in BIOS, at storage configuration

When i boot new Win XP Pro SP3 CD with integrated ICH10 SATA AHCI x86 drivers, it doesn't detect my OCZ SSD Vertex Agility S3, at the end of loading drivers, where XP PRO SP3 x86 installation comes to part "Windows start up", when loading of drivers is finished, suddenly comes BSOD - blue screen of dead, with message like run chkdsk or format commands, etc. , it doesn't detect my SSD connected to SATA 1 port with SATA AHCI mode selected in BIOS, if i use SATA as IDE mode, it detects correctly my SSD and Win XP SP3 installation continue normally...

I tried instead using integrated driver on Win XP SP3 x86 CD, with F6 option and loading drivers from Floppy disk, but it seems my floppy is died, and didn't suceed to load drivers...

What can be in my case, these your ICH10 (by fernando) SATA AHCI drivers aren't ok for my Asus Mobo with Intel P45/ICH10 chipset or maybe there is some another thing i have to check or set in BIOS? Or maybe to try install your SATA AHCI ICH10 drivers, after installing OS Win XP SP3 X86 in SATA IDE mode, something like described bellow for laptops?

http://forum.noteboo...ps-systems.html

Please if you have some suggestion, post it here?

Thanks!

This post has been edited by sucro: 04 April 2013 - 12:34 PM

[Fernando 1]

@ sucro:
Welcome at MSFN Forum!

sucro, on 04 April 2013 - 12:28 PM, said:

When i boot new Win XP Pro SP3 CD with integrated ICH10 SATA AHCI x86 drivers, it doesn't detect my OCZ SSD Vertex Agility S3, at the end of loading drivers, where XP PRO SP3 x86 installation comes to part "Windows start up", when loading of drivers is finished, suddenly comes BSOD - blue screen of dead,

Questions:
1. Did you use an original (= untouched) XP CD as source?
2. Which SATA Controller did you check, when nLite was doing its textmode driver integration work?

Regards
Fernando

[Dogway]

Question!
Does your modded pack support ESB2 AHCI?, if not, can I add it along your pack (so it covers a wider array of hardware)?

This post has been edited by Dogway: 07 April 2013 - 09:49 PM

[Fernando 1]

Dogway, on 07 April 2013 - 09:42 PM, said:

Does your modded pack support ESB2 AHCI?

Yes, the modded Intel MSM drivers v7.8.0.1012 and v8.9.8.1005 do support the "Intel® ESB2 SATA AHCI Controller" (DEV_2681).

[Dogway]

Ok, so I install the b and e packs together without issues right?
Thank you!

[Fernando 1]

Dogway, on 08 April 2013 - 05:06 PM, said:

Ok, so I install the b and e packs together without issues right?

No, that wouldn't work. You should not install/integrate more than 1 Intel AHCI driverpack.
I would take the "newest" version 8.9.8.1005 mod.

[raistlin888]

Hi Fernando or anyone who is reading this (any help would be much appreciated),

I was just reading thru a few of these posts, and I apologize if you have already posted something about it, but there is a lot of material here.

I am trying to integrate drivers into Windows XP Pro 64-bit to install on a new build (no floppy) using RAID1. I have changed the SATA configuration to RAID, and have created my Volume and the disks show they are bootable. My motherboard is a ASUS P9X79 PRO. I have found the drivers on the mobo CD (XP_64bit folder on the CD) (Intel C600) The mobo manual states XP 64bit can install onto RAID.

Now with the install. As the setup files load up, I see the driver loaded for the Intel C600 Raid controller installed, which lead me to believe that it is in there now. however, it gets to the point where it is says "Examining Disk..." After a few moments the next message comes up, "Examining xxxxxxxxx MB Disk 0 at ID 1 on bus 6 on iaStorA..."
(xxxxxxxxx = the number in MB's. I don't remember the exact numbers)
After that sequence it proceeds to tell me "No hard drives are installed on the computer. Please ensure cables are..."
I am confused. How is it it was reading the disk, telling me what size it is amongst other things then tell me there isn't one installed?

Ive been at this for the last 4-5weeks. Ive done online support chat with ASUS with no avail. Ive used both iaAHCI and iaStorA .inf files using RAID and AHCI controllers individually as well as put both on the same CD. Tried different SATA configurations switching from AHCI and RAID. Tried different capacity RAID volumes. Tried the updated SATA drivers for Win XP 64bit from ASUS' website. All stop at the same point: No hard disks installed.

Are the drivers not loading?

I did remember reading something about making the drives First Boot Priority, as well have the Marvell 6Gbs ports as well but I haven't tried that yet.

System:

Asus P9X79 Pro
i7-3820
16GB Corsair Vengence
2x 1TB Seagate Barracuda
GeForce 610 2GB

Again, ANY HELP would be greatly appreciated.

Also, from what I have read at Microsoft' site, Service Pack 2 is the highest and only Service pack available for Win XP Pro 64bit.

Just reading a post Fernando posted on about v.12.x.x.xxxx and how RAID is not supported yet. My question to Fernando is, the link on PAGE 1, will that version SUPPORT RAID? (I haven't tried slipstreaming the version on page 1 yet either)

This post has been edited by raistlin888: 09 April 2013 - 01:55 PM

[Fernando 1]

@ raistlin888:
Welcome at MSFN Forum!

Now to your problem:
1. Please read the start post of this thread carefully and follow my guide and advices.
2. Don't integrate more than 1 single textmode driver.
3. When you get the Textmode Driver integration Popup, choose just the correct Intel SATA Controller of your system (i's the "Intel® Intel C600 Series Chipset SATA RAID Controller") and nothing else!
4. Before you are going to install Windows XP x64 onto your Intel RAID array, you should enter the BIOS, go to the "BOOT" section and make sure, that the Intel RAID array has been set on the first position of the "HARD DISK BOOT PRIORITY" settings.

raistlin888, on 09 April 2013 - 11:52 AM, said:

Just reading a post Fernando posted on about v.12.x.x.xxxx and how RAID is not supported yet.

You haven't read that. What I had written was, that the newest inofficial Intel RST(e) RAID driver v12.5.0.1066 obviously do not support the TRIM in RAID feature, which is only valid for a RAID array with 2 or more SSDs as members and an Operating System Win7 or later, which is able to send the TRIM command to the SSDs. You have neither 2 SSDs nor are you going to install Win7 or Win8.

Quote

My question to Fernando is, the link on PAGE 1, will that version SUPPORT RAID?

All Intel RST and RSTe drivers definitively do support RAID (even the RST(e) drivers v12.5.0.1066).

Regards
Fernando

[raistlin888]

Fernando 1, on 09 April 2013 - 02:39 PM, said:

Now to your problem:
1. Please read the start post of this thread carefully and follow my guide and advices.

First off, thanks Fernando for the quick reply.
So I have followed all the (applicable XP 64bit) instructions on Page 1. I have integrated only 1 textmode driver which is the, iaStorA>Intel C600 Series SATA RAID Controller. I then proceeded into the BIOS and found my RAID array (Intel Volume0) and made it FIRST BOOT PRIORITY, saved and exited the BIOS.

And now into the install...
It gets as far as "Examining 906128 MB Disk 0 at ID 1 on iaStorA..."
And same result, "Setup could not find any hard disks installed in your computer..."

I then tried moving the CD ROM to the Marvell port, but all I get is the BSOD when setup is starting Windows.
I then tried to attempt to integrate iaAHCI>Intel C600 Series Chipset SATA RAID Controller
Unfortuantely the same result.

I don't know what I am missing, there was a post from a person on Page 65 with roughly the same board with an nicer processor 64GB RAM and was able to install XP 64bit SP2 with AHCI. I would assume installing with RAID would be not much different other than creating an array.
Is there anything else you can think of?

Thank you very much.

This post has been edited by raistlin888: 09 April 2013 - 09:10 PM