Dondi

Success!!! Thanks Mat, gamehead and angel blue! The problem was the driver as Mat surmised. I was using the BASE driver instead of the RAID driver. I used the driver Mat referenced and the nLite-created install disc worked like magic. Thanks for all of your time and patience. Much appreciated! Dondi.

Success!!! I was using the BASE driver not the RAID driver. Thanks bledd.

Thanks a lot Mat. The reason I selected the BASE driver is because I am not using my SATA drive in RAID configuration. It's the only drive in my system. I bought a SATA drive because of SATA's supposed better performance. So I thought the BASE driver was appropriate since I did not intend to use RAID. I will try the driver you referenced. I assume that I can just ignore the "Press F6 ..." option and have Win XP setup find the slipstreamed driver all by itself. I'll report my findings in a bit. Thanks again, Dondi.

Thanks for the assistance nuhi. I integrated the driver as textmode and selected the Windows XP/Server 2003 option. I downloaded the driver from here: http://www.siliconimage.com/docs/3x12-vist...-logo-13670.zip I picked the newest non-RAID driver because I only have one SATA drive and I am not using a RAID configuration. Dondi.

Setup not see the drivers because you are pressing F6. ,You should NOT push F6 during install, and, assuming you have integrated the drivers into nLite correctly, they will automatically install during setup. I tried ignoring the F6 option multiple times, but the system can not see the SATA drive. It only sees the SATA drive when I press F6 with the Floppy drive connected. It then allows me tp select the Windows XP driver. It then copies the driver plus a bunch of files from the CDROM. After a while it asks to insert the Silicon Image Sil 3x12 SATALink installation disk in Drive A, then press Enter. However, pressing enter does nothing at all. I am using a USB floppy drive so this may be a problem -- however the drive is recognized and accessed earlier in the process so I'm not sure if this is the problem. This has been a complete waste of time so far. I really hope there is a way to get past this. Thanks for taking the time to respond. Dondi.

Thanks Matt! I appreciate the detailed response. I did what you outlined, but with some variation in how I did it. I don't believe the differences should be material, but I have outlined them below. Your thoughts are appreciated. I downloaded the SP2 for IT professionals directly from Microsoft: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details...;DisplayLang=en I downloaded the SATA driver directly from Silicon Image: http://www.siliconimage.com/docs/3x12-vist...-logo-13670.zip I then extracted the files from the archive and placed all 9 of them into a directory (c:\SATADrivers). I didn't copy the disk contents to my HD, instead, I placed the Win XP SP1 disk into my CDROM (Drive F:) and browsed to it using nLite. nLite then asked for a source directory (c:\WinXPSetup) on the HD and I pointed it to the one I created. nLite then copied the files from the Win XP SP1 CD to the C:\WinXPSetup without error. I assume this is OK. Could this be a source of error? I then selected Service Pack, Drivers and Bootable ISO image. I browsed to the c:\SATADrivers directory and selected the SI3112.inf file. Then I selected the Windows XP/Server 2003 driver (NOTthe Windows NT/2000 driver). Another point of departure is that I selected the Direct Burn Mode instead of creating an ISO then burning it to the CD with Nero, etc. Could this be a problem? I did this as well. Thanks again for your assistance. Dondi.

Thanks gamehead and Angel Blue. The Guide was news to me. I reviewed it and found that I did exactly as outlined -- so nothing new there. I also searched the forums for hours before posting. I still cannot find anything that suggests what I am doing wrong. So I will ask a few more questions to try and isolate the problem: 1) If the SATA driver is slip streamed correctly, should I still see the prompt to "Press F6" to add third party RAID driver? 2) Is the slip streamed driver only functional once Windows XP loads, or is it functional during setup (thereby allowing setup to see the drive the way the F6/floppy-loaded driver does)? 3) gamehead, can you explain how to use the BTS driver packs, and which pack to use for SATA drivers? 4) I have seen many posts in the nLite forum stating that WinXP SP2 does not require third party SATA drivers for non-RAID configurations. This leads me to believe that a newer WinXP CD should solve this problem (especially for a Hitachi drive). Thanks, Dondi.

My configuration consists of a Shuttle SB61G4, Pentium 4 and a single Hitachi 500G SATA drive. I'm simply trying to load Windows XP onto the drive. I'm not trying to install a RAID setup. I have spent the entire day trying to use nLite to help me accomplish the following: 1) Start with an OEM Win XP Pro SP1 CD 2) Add SP2 3) Add Silicon Image SI3112 SATA driver 4) Create a bootable "enhanced" Win XP Pro ISO with XP Pro, SP2 and SATA driver 5) Burn a bootable CD 6) Use that CD to load Win XP on my SATA drive without using a floppy drive So far, I have succeeded in creating a bootable CD thanks to help from users on the board. However, when I use it to set up WinXP, setup still does not see my SATA drive -- even though my BIOS does. And when I reboot and try the F6 option, setup still looks for a Floppy drive. I have tried disabling the Silicon Image RAID ROM on my BIOS, but the behavior remains unchanged. As a result of multiple attempts and just as many failures I am starting to believe that I am trying to do the impossible. I believe nLite can perform steps 1-5; but I'm beginning to think that step 6 is impossible for the following reasons: 1) nLite is not really creating a true SP2 version of Win XP Pro -- I think it is just adding SP2 files as a post-installation action 2) Because of this, Setup is still running SP1 code -- so, the fact that SP1 can't recognize SATA drives is unchanged 3) As such, the code still behaves like SP1, requiring a floppy drive to load the SATA driver -- just like my original CD with Win XP SP1 I am beginning to believe that I simply need to go buy a fresh copy of XP Pro with SP2 embedded -- which I believe will recognize SATA drives. Please confirm or refute my logic. If I'm wrong some guidance on the required steps is appreciated. Thx, Dondi.

Thanks jaclaz! I changed burn speed to 16x and problem was solved. The PC boots from the CD and launches WinXP setup now. However, there is a new problem: dispite adding the SATA driver, setup still does not see the SATA drive (even though BIOS does). When I reboot and try pressing F6 to load the SATA driver, setup looks for a floppy drive the way it normally does. So, I am back to where I was originally with the native Win XP Pro CD and SATA problem. Any suggestions?

First, thank you I just Nuhi! nLite is a truly remarkable program. I just downloaded the latest version to try and create a WinXP Pro install CD with SP2 and SATA support. I am using an OEM Win XP CD and just adding SP2 and Silicon Image 3x12 SATA driver. Nothing else. When I get to the Bootable ISO page, I select my CDROM drive with fresh CD-R media, then choose the following settings: Direct Burn Mode, Maximum Burn speed, Default ISO Engine and Boot sector settings, and Verify. I then click Burn. The process advances with no apparent issues but then terminates with the following message: "Write Failed! Hardware Error 9216". I have searched the forum but found nothing. Please help, my PC has been down for 2 days and I'm about to go mad! Thx, Dondi.