[T3KN0F0B1A]

I'm downgrading from Vista to XP. Ran into a snag w/SATA drivers on my laptop, so I nLite enabled me to overcome that by including those Intel drivers. But now that the XP installation is launching from my CD/DVD drive, I get an error "FDC.SYS cound not be found Press any key to continue - Setup failed. Press any key to restart your computer."

If I don't have a floppy drive why is XP looking for this? Can I just find this driver and include it in the nLite image build?

Thanks for any help you can lend!

[johnhc]

T3KN0F0B1A, I don't have an floppy either, but I do have a floppy controller and you probably do also. What is your Windows XP source? Is the fdc.sys file in the original folders/files? Please attach (not paste) your Last Session.ini. Make sure to always start with a fresh copy of your CD files/folders, do all your work in one nLite session and integrate only one SP. Please report when you have a solution, so others can benefit. Enjoy, John.

[T3KN0F0B1A]

Well, hey - if anybody else runs into this (I saw a post from a long time ago w/no answers), here's the deal. I followed conventional wisdom and slipstreamed SP3. The problem is, it must MISS this driver even though it isn't needed on my laptop. I used SP2 and the problem disappears.

[T3KN0F0B1A]

P.S. Did you know Vista is actually an acronymn? Yeah, V.I.S.T.A. = Very Irritating Sh!t To Avoid. Thank you nLite for allowing me to rip this OS out by the roots and replace it w/something more stable!

If I was more of an uber-tekno-geek and could live w/o mainstream functionality, I'd go w/Linux.

[johnhc]

T3KN0F0B1A, I suspect you are wrong about SP3. You never posted your Last Session, as requested, but perhaps it would show the problem. Did you use Vista to slip SP3? If so, that is the problem. No telling what other problems you would have encountered if you were able to continue. Many, many people have slipped SP3 and not observed your problem. Enjoy, John.